Hupēretēs ὑπηρέτης

Hupēretēs (Greek ὑπηρέτης, Strong's G5257) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “servant”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Hupēretēs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 5:25
  Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.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 26:58
  But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.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.

Mark

• Mark 14:54
  And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.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.
• Mark 14:65
  And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.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.

Luke

• Luke 1:2
  Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
• Luke 4:20
  And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.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,

John

• John 7:32
  The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
• John 7:45
  Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
• John 7:46
  The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
• John 18:3
  Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.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.
• John 18:12
  Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
• John 18:18
  And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.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.
• John 18:22
  And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?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?”
• John 18:36
  Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.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.”
• John 19:6
  When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.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.”

Acts

• Acts 5:22
  But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
• Acts 5:26
  Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
• Acts 13:5
  And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.
• Acts 26:16
  But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;‘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.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 4:1
  Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).