5256. hupéreteó
Strong's Concordance
hupéreteó: to serve as a rower, to minister to, serve
Original Word: ὑπηρετέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: hupéreteó
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ay-ret-eh'-o)
Short Definition: I minister to, serve
Definition: I minister to, serve.
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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).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5256: ὑπηρετέω

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
minister unto, serve.

From huperetes; to be a subordinate, i.e. (by implication) subserve -- minister (unto), serve.

see GREEK huperetes

Forms and Transliterations
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
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Strong's Greek 5256
3 Occurrences


ὑπηρέτησαν — 1 Occ.
ὑπηρετήσας — 1 Occ.
ὑπηρετεῖν — 1 Occ.

Acts 13:36 V-APA-NMS
GRK: ἰδίᾳ γενεᾷ ὑπηρετήσας τῇ τοῦ
NAS: For David, after he had served the purpose
KJV: David, after he had served his own
INT: to his own generation having ministered by the

Acts 20:34 V-AIA-3P
GRK: μετ' ἐμοῦ ὑπηρέτησαν αἱ χεῖρες
NAS: hands ministered to my [own] needs
KJV: hands have ministered unto my
INT: with me did minister the hands

Acts 24:23 V-PNA
GRK: ἰδίων αὐτοῦ ὑπηρετεῖν αὐτῷ
NAS: of his friends from ministering to him.
KJV: acquaintance to minister or
INT: own of him to minister to him

3 Occurrences

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