Greek noun (masculine) · G5257
ὑπηρέτης
hypereteshoop-ay-ret'-ace
servant
20 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hypērétēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5257is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5257
an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable)
The King James renders it: minister, officer, servant.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hyperetes is rendered "servant". It stands 20 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Nine of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:25Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
Matthew 5:25ὑπηρέτῃ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- officers12
- servants2
- a helper1
- a servant1
- attendant1
- attendants1
- guards1
- officer1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὑπηρετέω | hypereteo | to serve | Uses3 |
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ὑπηρέται9
- ὑπηρέτας3
- ὑπηρετῶν3
- ὑπηρέτῃ2
- ὑπηρέταις1
- ὑπηρέτην1
- ὑπηρέτην.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural9N-NPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural3N-APM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural3N-GPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2N-DSM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
Matthew
two uses
Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
- ὑπηρέτῃhuperetenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: officer
But Peter followed Him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. And he went in and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.
- ὑπηρετῶνhuperetonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: guards
Mark
two uses
Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.
- ὑπηρετῶνhuperetonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
- ὑπηρέταιhuperetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
Luke
two uses
just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
- ὑπηρέταιhuperetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: servants
Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
- ὑπηρέτῃhuperetenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: attendant
John
nine uses
When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
- ὑπηρέταςhuperetasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
- ὑπηρέταιhuperetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
- ὑπηρέταιhuperetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.
- ὑπηρέταςhuperetasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
- ὑπηρέταιhuperetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.
- ὑπηρέταιhuperetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”
- ὑπηρετῶνhuperetonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
- ὑπηρέταιhuperetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: attendants
As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
- ὑπηρέταιhuperetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
Acts
four uses
But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
- ὑπηρέταιhuperetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
- ὑπηρέταιςhuperetaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: officers
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.
- ὑπηρέτην.¶huperetennoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a helper
‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
- ὑπηρέτηνhuperetennoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a servant
1 Corinthians
one use
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
- ὑπηρέταςhuperetasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: servants
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.