ΥΠΗΡΕΤΑΣ, υπηρετας
YPĒRETAS, ypēretas
Sounds Like: hoo-pay-REH-tas
Translations: servant, a servant, assistant, an assistant, minister, a minister, officer, an officer
From the root: ΥΠΗΡΕΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a servant, assistant, or minister, often one who serves in a subordinate capacity, especially in public office or religious service. It can also refer to an officer or attendant, particularly one who carries out orders or performs duties for another.
Inflection: Masculine, Plural, Accusative
Strong’s number: G5257 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:111
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:70
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 3:37
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:20
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 14:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΗΡΕΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΥΠΗΡΕΤ — servant, a servant, minister, an assistant, an attendant, an officer
- ΥΠΗΡΕΤΑΙ — servants, attendants, officers, ministers
- ΥΠΗΡΕΤΑΙΣ — (to) servants, (to) assistants, (to) officers, (to) ministers
- ΥΠΗΡΕΤΗ — servant, a servant, assistant, a minister, an officer
- ΥΠΗΡΕΤΗΝ — servant, a servant, assistant, an assistant, minister, a minister, officer, an officer
- ΥΠΗΡΕΤΗΣ — servant, a servant, minister, an officer, attendant, an attendant
- ΥΠΗΡΕΤΗΣΑΝ — they served, they ministered, they attended
- ΥΠΗΡΕΤΙΝ — servant, attendant, minister, officer, assistant
- ΥΠΗΡΕΤΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of serving, of ministering, of assisting, of attending, of being a servant, of being a minister
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