Lexicon hupéreteó: to serve as a rower, to minister to, serve Original Word: ὑπηρετέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hupéreteó Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ay-ret-eh'-o) Short Definition: I minister to, serve Definition: I minister to, serve. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5256 hypēretéō – properly, to serve under direct authority (literally, as a rower on a ship). In classical Greek, 5256 /hypēretéō ("serving, supporting") is always metaphorical for "ministering to, to serve" (A-S). See 5257 (hypēretēs). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hupéretésDefinitionto serve as a rower, to minister to, serve NASB Translationministered (1), ministering (1), served (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5256: ὑπηρετέωὑπηρετέω, 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.
Strong's minister unto, serve. From huperetes; to be a subordinate, i.e. (by implication) subserve -- minister (unto), serve. see GREEK huperetes |
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