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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5256 - ὑπηρετέω

Transliteration

hypēretéō

Phonetics

hoop-ay-ret-eh'-o

Origin

from (G5257)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

8:530,1231

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to act as a rower, to row
to minister, render services

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Acts 2

BSB (3)

Acts 3

CSB (3)

Acts 3

ESV (3)

Acts 3

KJV (3)

Acts 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

Acts 4

N95 (3)

Acts 3

NAS (5)

Acts 3

NLT (3)

Acts 6

WEB (2)

Acts 2

YLT (3)

Acts 3

ASV (2)

served 1

to minister 1

BSB (3)

had served 1

have ministered to 1

to minister 1

CSB (3)

provided 1

serving 2

ESV (3)

attending 1

ministered 1

served 1

KJV (3)

minister 1

ministered 1

served 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

ministered 1

ministering 1

served 1

to 1

N95 (3)

ministered 1

ministering 1

served 1

NAS (5)

for 1

needs 1

providing 1

served 2

NLT (3)

done 1

needs 1

supply 1

WEB (2)

served 1

to serve 1

YLT (3)

friends to minister 1

having served 1

minister 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

ANT

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN- 1

BGB

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

BMT

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAPNSM 1

V-PAN 1

NA26

V-3AAIP 1

V-AAPNSM 1

V-PAN 1

SBL

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

SCV

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

STV

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

TIS

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAN 1

TRG

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAPNSM 1

V-PAN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ὑπηρετ-έω,

fut. -ήσω Alex. (v. infr.), etc.: plpf. ὑπηρετήκειν X. HG 3.3.9: —

prop. do service on board ship, as a rower (cf. ὑπηρέτης, ὑπηρεσία), SIG 524.33,47 (Praesus, iii B. C.): —

Pass., πλοῖον ὑπὸ δύο ἀνθρώπων ὑπηρετεῖσθαι δυνάμενον D.S. 2.55.

II to be a servant, do service, S. El. 996, Ph. 990; opp. ἄρχω, Ar. V. 518 (troch.); τοὺς διὰ φόβον ὑ. X. Hier. 1.38.

2. c. dat., minister to, serve, τῷ παρόντι δαίμονι S. El. 1306, cf. E. Ph. 1708, Th. 4.108, etc.; ὑ. τῷ χρηστηρίῳ submit to its ruling, Hdt. 8.41, cf. Pl. Lg. 914a; ἔργοις ἀνοσίοις ὑ. S. OC 283; [ νόμῳ, λόγῳ ], Lys. 2.19; ὑ. τοῖς τρόποις humour his ways, Ar. Ra. 1432; τῷδ' ὑ. λόγῳ second, support it, E. Med. 588; ὢν ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου τύχαις ὑπηρετήσω Alex. 150.

3. ὑ. τινὶ εἴς or πρός τι, Hdt. 1.109, X. Eq. 8.7, etc.; also ὑ. τινί τι serve one in a thing, οἷς σὺ ταῦθ' ὑπηρετεῖς S. Ph. 1024, cf. Ar. Pl. 979, Pl. Smp. 196c, X. Cyr. 5.1.20, D. 18.138, 59.35. in financial sense, τὸν δὲ ταμίαν εἰς τὸ ἀνάλωμα ὑπηρετῆσαι Supp.Epigr. 1.351.30 (Samos, iv B. C.), cf. 363.43 (ibid., iii B. C.), Inscr.Prien. 3 (iv B. C.), 18 (iii B. C.), al. at Athens, serve as ὑπηρέτης of the Council, D. 19.70. in the Mithraic cult, to be a ὑπηρέτης or servitor, RHist.Rel. 109.63 (Rome). render military service, BGU 180.14, 613.23 (both ii A. D.).

4. abs., serve, be subordinate, opp. προστάττω, Arist. Top. 129a13; ἡ ὑπηρετοῦσα ἐπιστήμη Id. Metaph. 982b5: c. neut. pl. of Adj., etc., τὰ λοίφ' ὑ. help in what remains to be done, S. Ph. 15; ὑ. τὰ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον Pl. R. 467a; and with cogn. acc., ὑ. τὰς διακονικὰς πράξεις Arist. Pol. 1277a36: — Pass., to be done as service, τὰ ἀπ' ἡμέων ἐς ὑμέας ὑπηρετέεται Hdt. 4.139; χρὴ σὴ τό γε ἐμὸν ὑπηρετέεσθαι that my service should be rendered, Id. 1.108; ἢν τὰ παρ' ὑμῶν ὑπηρετῆται Isoc. 3.63; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸ ὑπηρετηθέν Arist. EE 1243a16, cf. X. HG 5.2.34. — The Med. occurs in late texts, as Hld. 7.19, al., and Alciphr. 1.11, dub. in Supp.Epigr. 1.327.19 (Callatis, i A. D.); τὸ -ούμενον the retinue, Memn. 2.4; fut. -ήσομαι POxy. 58.24 (iii A. D.); but in S. El. 1306, ὑπηρετοίην was rightly restored by Musgrave and Elmsl. for -οίμην.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ὑπηρετέω, ὑπηρέτω; 1 aorist ὑπηρέτησα; from Herodotus down; to be ὑπηρέτης (which see), properly,

a. to act as rower, to row, (Diodorus, Aelian).

b. to minister, render service: τίνι, Acts 13:36; Acts 20:34; Acts 24:23.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ὑπηρετέω , -ῶ (< ὑπηρέτης ),

[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 16:21; Wisdom of Solomon 16:24-25; Wisdom of Solomon 19:6, Sirach 39:4 *;] prop., to serve as rower on a ship (Diod., al.). In cl. always metaph., to minister to, serve: c. dat. pers., Acts 13:36; Acts 20:34; Acts 24:23.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

1. ";loss"; : P Tebt I. 105.3 (B.C. 103) ἀνὑπόλογον᾽ πἅσης᾽ φθὁρᾶς, ";subject to no deduction for loss,"; with reference to a lease of land, and P Strass I. 24.26 (A.D. 118) (γίγνονται) φθοπᾶς ε ̄ ";total, 5 by death,"; with reference to the death of cattle. In Syll 316 (=.3 684).7 (B.C. 139?) the noun is united with ἔμπργσις —λέγω δέὑπὲρ τῆς ἐμπρησεως καὶφθορᾶς τῶνἀρχεἴων καὶ τῶν δγμοσίων γραμματων.

2. ";corruption,"; ";decay"; : Priene 105.2 (c. B.C. 9), where it is stated that the world would have suffered speedy φθοράν, had it not been for the birth of Augustus : cf. Rom. 8:21.

The word is used of ";abortion"; in Syll 633 (=.3 1042).7 (ii/A.D.); see the editor’s note with its references to Ps. Pauli Apoc. 60 αὗταλί εἰσιν αἱ φθεὶρασαι ἑαυτάς καὶ τὰβρέφγ αὐτῶν ἀποκτείνασαι, and to ἀπὸ φθορελων in Syll 567 (=.3983).12 (ii/A.D.)

List of Word Forms

υπηρετειν υπηρετείν ὑπηρετεῖν υπηρετησαν υπηρέτησαν ὑπηρέτησαν υπηρετησας υπηρετήσας ὑπηρετήσας hyperetein hypereteîn hypēretein hypēreteîn hyperetesan hyperétesan hypēretēsan hypērétēsan hyperetesas hyperetḗsas hypēretēsas hypēretḗsas uperetein upēretein uperetesan upēretēsan uperetesas upēretēsas