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Strong's #5257 - ὑπηρέτης
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ὑπηρέτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
(ἐρέτης)
Dor. ὑπηρέτας IG 42(1).122.40,112 (Epid., iv B. C.), SIG 1000.31 (Cos, i B. C.): —
rower, τοὶ ὑ. τᾶν μακρᾶν ναῶν SIG l. c. (dub. sens.).
II underling, servant, attendant, Hdt. 3.63, 5.111; δοῦλοι καὶ πάντες ὑ. Pl. Plt. 289c; ὑ. [τῆς πόλεως ], opp. ἄρχων, Id. R. 552b; ἡ πόλις εἰς ὑπηρέτου σχῆμα.. προελήλυθεν D. 23.210; τῶν ἰατρῶν, τῶν δικαστῶν ὑ., Pl. Lg. 720a, 873b; used in Trag. and Att. to express all kinds of subordinate relations, as Hermes is ὑ. θεῶν, A. Pr. 954, cf. 983; the Delphians are Φοίβου ὑπηρέται, S. OT 712; Neoptolemus is ὑ. to Odysseus, Id. Ph. 53; the αὐλός is ὑ. to the Chorus, Pratin.Lyr. 1.7: sts. c. dat., τῷ θεῷ ὑ. Pl. Lg. 773e; τοῖς νόμοις ib. 715c, Arist. Pol. 1287a21; also οἱ περὶ τυράννους καὶ πόλεις ὑ. E. Tr. 426; opp. οἰκέτης, X. Mem. 2.10.3: c. gen. objecti, ὑ. παντὸς ἔργου a helper in every work, Id. An. 1.9.18.
2. at Athens, the servant who attended each man-at-arms (ὁπλίτης) to carry his baggage, rations, and shield, Th. 3.17; sts. light-armed as slingers or bowmen, Ar. Av. 1186. ὁ τῶν ἕνδεκα ὑ. the assistant of the Eleven, employed in executions of state-criminals, Pl. Phd. 116b, cf. X. HG 2.3.54, 2.4.8. a petty officer of the Council, IG 12.879 (pl.), Hesperia 3.63 (iv B. C.).
3. pl., staff-officers in immediate attendance on the general, aides-de-camp, adjutants, X. Cyr. 2.4.4, 6.2.13, etc.: sg., D. 50.31; also, officer attached to τάξις, σύνταγμα, or ἑκατονταρχία, Ascl. Tact. 2.9, 6.3, Ael. Tact. 9.4, 16.2, Arr. Tact. 10.4, 14.4.
4. servitor in the cult of Mithras, RHist.Rel. 109.64 (Rome).
ὑπηρέτης , -ου , ὁ
(< ὑπό + ἐρέτης , a rower),
[in LXX: Proverbs 14:35 (H5650), Wisdom of Solomon 6:4, al.;]
prop., an under rower; hence, generally, a servant, attendant, minister: of a magistrate's attendant, Matthew 5:25; of officers of the Synagogue or Sanhedrin, Matthew 26:58, Mark 14:54; Mark 14:65, Luke 4:20, John 7:32; John 7:45-46; John 18:3; John 18:12; John 18:22; John 19:6, Acts 5:22; Acts 5:26; of the attendants of kings, οἱ ὑ . οἱ ἑμοί John 18:36; of Christian ministers, Acts 13:5; Acts 26:16; ὑπηρέται λόγου , Luke 1:2; Χριστοῦ , 1 Corinthians 4:1; δοῦλοι κ . ὑ ., John 18:18.†
SYN.: see διάκονος G1249.
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";bowl."; The Attic spelling φιάλη, which the LXX and the NT (Rev. 5:8, al.) retain instead of the Hellenistic φιέλη, is found also in the Κοινή, e.g. P Cairo Zen I. 59021.16 (B.C. 258) φιάλα ̣ς ̤ τοῦδ ̣ε ̣ μ ̣ε ο ̣ὐ ̣κ ̣ ἐ ̣ῶντος δέχεσθαι, P Tebt I. 6.27 (B.C. 140–139) φιάλας καί ποτήρια, ";bowls and cups,"; P Oxy III. 521.17 (ii/A.D.) φιάλη χαλκῆ, P Fay 127.9 (ii/iii A.D.) ἔπεμψα ὑμῖν γ ̄ [ζεύ ]γη φιαλῶν, ";I have sent you three pairs of bowls,"; and P Oxy VI. 937.12 (iii/A.D.) τῆς φιάλης τῆς λιθίνης, ";the stone bowl."; In PSI IV. 306.8 (ii/iii A.D.) ἑκάστης φιάλλης (l. φιάλης) the reference is to a ";cistern.";
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