Strong G5256ὑπηρετέω
to serve
- Transliteration
- hupēreteō
- Pronunciation
- hoop-ay-ret-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G5257; to be a subordinate that is (by implication) subserve: - minister (unto) serve.
Detailed definition
ὑπηρετέω, -ῶ
(ὑπηρέτης) [in LXX: Wis.16:21, 24-25 19:6, Sir.39:4 *;]
prop., to serve as rower on a ship (Diod., al.). In cl. always metaphorically, to minister to, serve: with dative of person(s), Act.13:36 20:34 24:23.†
(AS)
(ὑπηρέτης) [in LXX: Wis.16:21, 24-25 19:6, Sir.39:4 *;]
prop., to serve as rower on a ship (Diod., al.). In cl. always metaphorically, to minister to, serve: with dative of person(s), Act.13:36 20:34 24:23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5256 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- minister2
- serve1
First verses
- Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
- Acts 20:34Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
- Acts 24:23And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑπηρετ-έω,
future -ήσω[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor (see. below))], etc.: pluperfect ὑπηρετήκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.9)]:—properly do service on board ship, as a rower (compare ὑπηρέτης, ὑπηρεσία), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 524.33,47 (Praesus, 3rd c.BC))]:—passive, πλοῖον ὑπὸ δύο ἀνθρώπων ὑπηρετεῖσθαι δυνάμενον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.55.)]
II to be a servant, do service, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 996, “Ph.” 990)]; opposed to ἄρχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 518 (troch.); τοὺς διὰ φόβον ὑ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.38.)]
II.2 with dative, minister to, serve, τῷ παρόντι δαίμονι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1306, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1708, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.108, etc.)]; ὑ. τῷ χρηστηρίῳ submit to its ruling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.41, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914a; ἔργοις ἀνοσίοις ὑ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 283)]; [νόμῳ, λόγῳ], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.19)]; ὑ. τοῖς τρόποις humour his ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1432)]; τῷδ᾽ ὑ. λόγῳ second, support it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 588; ὢν ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου τύχαις ὑπηρετήσω 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 150.)]
II.3 ὑ. τινὶ εἴς or πρός τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.7, etc.)]; also ὑ. τινί τι serve one in a thing, οἷς σὺ ταῦθ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1024, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 979, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 196c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.20, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.138, 59.35.)]
II.3.b in financial sense, τὸν δὲ ταμίαν εἰς τὸ ἀνάλωμα ὑπηρετῆσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 1.351.30 (Samos, 4th c.BC), compare 363.43 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.BC), “Inscription Prien.” 3 (4th c.BC), 18 (3rd c.BC), +others)]
II.3.c at Athens, serve as ὑπηρέτης of the Council, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.70.)]
II.3.d in the Mithraic cult, to be a ὑπηρέτης or servitor, [Refs (Rev.Hist.Rel. 109.63 (from Rome).)]
II.3.e render military service, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 180.14, 613.23 (both 2nd c.AD).)]
II.4 absolutely, serve, be subordinate, opposed to προστάττω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 129a13; ἡ ὑπηρετοῦσα ἐπιστήμη [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 982b5: with _neuter_ _plural_ of)] adjective, etc., τὰ λοίφ᾽ ὑ. help in what remains to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 15; ὑ. τὰ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467a)]; and with cognate accusative, ὑ. τὰς διακονικὰς πράξεις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1277a36)]:—passive, to be done as service, τὰ ἀπ᾽ ἡμέων ἐς ὑμέας ὑπηρετέεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139)]; χρὴ σὴ τό γε ἐμὸν ὑπηρετέεσθαι that my service should be rendered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.108; ἢν τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν ὑπηρετῆται 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.63; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸ ὑπηρετηθέν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1243a16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.34.)]—The middle occurs in late texts, as [Refs 1st c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.19, +others, and 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.11, uncertain in “Supp.epigram” 1.327.19 (Callatis, 1st c.AD))]; τὸ -ούμενον the retinue, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Memnon Historicus 2.4)]; future -ήσομαι[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 58.24 (3rd c.AD))]; but in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1306, ὑπηρετοίην was rightly restored by Musgrave and Elmsl. for -οίμην.)]
future -ήσω[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor (see. below))], etc.: pluperfect ὑπηρετήκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.9)]:—properly do service on board ship, as a rower (compare ὑπηρέτης, ὑπηρεσία), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 524.33,47 (Praesus, 3rd c.BC))]:—passive, πλοῖον ὑπὸ δύο ἀνθρώπων ὑπηρετεῖσθαι δυνάμενον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.55.)]
II to be a servant, do service, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 996, “Ph.” 990)]; opposed to ἄρχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 518 (troch.); τοὺς διὰ φόβον ὑ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.38.)]
II.2 with dative, minister to, serve, τῷ παρόντι δαίμονι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1306, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1708, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.108, etc.)]; ὑ. τῷ χρηστηρίῳ submit to its ruling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.41, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914a; ἔργοις ἀνοσίοις ὑ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 283)]; [νόμῳ, λόγῳ], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.19)]; ὑ. τοῖς τρόποις humour his ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1432)]; τῷδ᾽ ὑ. λόγῳ second, support it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 588; ὢν ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου τύχαις ὑπηρετήσω 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 150.)]
II.3 ὑ. τινὶ εἴς or πρός τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.7, etc.)]; also ὑ. τινί τι serve one in a thing, οἷς σὺ ταῦθ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1024, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 979, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 196c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.20, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.138, 59.35.)]
II.3.b in financial sense, τὸν δὲ ταμίαν εἰς τὸ ἀνάλωμα ὑπηρετῆσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 1.351.30 (Samos, 4th c.BC), compare 363.43 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.BC), “Inscription Prien.” 3 (4th c.BC), 18 (3rd c.BC), +others)]
II.3.c at Athens, serve as ὑπηρέτης of the Council, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.70.)]
II.3.d in the Mithraic cult, to be a ὑπηρέτης or servitor, [Refs (Rev.Hist.Rel. 109.63 (from Rome).)]
II.3.e render military service, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 180.14, 613.23 (both 2nd c.AD).)]
II.4 absolutely, serve, be subordinate, opposed to προστάττω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 129a13; ἡ ὑπηρετοῦσα ἐπιστήμη [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 982b5: with _neuter_ _plural_ of)] adjective, etc., τὰ λοίφ᾽ ὑ. help in what remains to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 15; ὑ. τὰ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467a)]; and with cognate accusative, ὑ. τὰς διακονικὰς πράξεις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1277a36)]:—passive, to be done as service, τὰ ἀπ᾽ ἡμέων ἐς ὑμέας ὑπηρετέεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139)]; χρὴ σὴ τό γε ἐμὸν ὑπηρετέεσθαι that my service should be rendered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.108; ἢν τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν ὑπηρετῆται 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.63; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸ ὑπηρετηθέν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1243a16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.34.)]—The middle occurs in late texts, as [Refs 1st c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.19, +others, and 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.11, uncertain in “Supp.epigram” 1.327.19 (Callatis, 1st c.AD))]; τὸ -ούμενον the retinue, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Memnon Historicus 2.4)]; future -ήσομαι[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 58.24 (3rd c.AD))]; but in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1306, ὑπηρετοίην was rightly restored by Musgrave and Elmsl. for -οίμην.)]