Strong's #5257: huperetes (pronounced hoop-ay-ret'-ace)
from 5259 and a derivative of eresso (to row); an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable):--minister, officer, servant.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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hupēretēs
1) servant
1a) an underrower, subordinate rower
1b) any one who serves with hands: a servant
1b1) in the NT of the officers and attendants of magistrates as - of the officer who executes penalties
1b2) of the attendants of a king, servants, retinue, the soldiers of a king, of the attendant of a synagogue
1b3) of any one ministering or rendering service
1c) any one who aids another in any work
1c1) an assistant
1c2) of the preacher of the gospel
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from G5259 and a derivative of eresso (to row)
Citing in TDNT: 8:530, 1231
Usage:
This word is used 20 times:
Matthew 5:25: "the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast"
Matthew 26:58: "in, and sat with the servants, to see the end."
Mark 14:54: "and he sat with the servants, and warmed"
Mark 14:65: "Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands."
Luke 1:2: "which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;"
Luke 4:20: "book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes"
John 7:32: "the chief priests sent officers to take him."
John 7:45: "Then came the officers to the chief priests and"
John 7:46: "The officers answered, Never man spake like this"
John 18:3: "having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and"
John 18:12: "the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus,"
John 18:18: "the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for"
John 18:22: "spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand,"
John 18:36: "this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not"
John 19:6: "chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying,"
Acts 5:22: "But when the officers came, and found them not in"
Acts 5:26: "captain with the officers, and brought them without"
Acts 13:5: "they had also John to their minister."
Acts 26:16: "this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which"
1 Corinthians 4:1: "account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries"
