Word

ὑπηρετέω

hypēretéō · G5256 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to serve, to render service, to help, service, help

To render assistance or help by performing certain duties, often of a humble or menial nature

Examples
Acts 13:36 “For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, and was buried among his fathers and underwent decay;
to provide for, to support

To provide continuous and possibly prolonged assistance and help by supplying the needs of someone

Examples
Acts 20:34 “You yourselves know that these hands served my own needs and the men who were with me.
Acts 24:23 He gave orders to the centurion for Paul to be kept in custody and yet have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from providing for his needs.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

μηδείςno one 1
χείρhand 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 4 groups

βουλήplan 1
εἰμίto be 1
χρείαneed 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

γινώσκωto know 1
κωλύωto hinder, to forbid 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

διακονέω diakonéō · G1247 · to serve, to render service, to help: Both denote rendering service to another, with ὑπηρετέω emphasizing subordinate status in the service relationship and διακονέω emphasizing the attendant role or menial/ministerial character of the service itself.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To serve, to render service, to help, service, help35.19: Acts 13:36 — “‘For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, and was buried among his fathers and underwent decay.’”
To provide for, to support35.32: Acts 20:34 — “‘You yourselves know that these hands served my own needs and the men who were with me.’”

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ὑπηρέτης hypērétēs · G5257 · servant · 20×ὑπηρετέωhypēretéō · G5256

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὑπηρέτω; 1 aorist ὑπηρέτησα; from Herodotus down; to be ὑπηρέτης (which see), properly,…

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.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Serve1 occurrence Provide For, Support2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0