Word Summary
hypēreteō: to serve as a rower, to minister to, serve
Original Word: ὑπηρετέωTransliteration: hypēreteō
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ay-ret-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to serve as a rower, to minister to, serve
Meaning: to serve as a rower, to minister to, serve
Strong's Concordance
minister unto, serve.
From huperetes; to be a subordinate, i.e. (by implication) subserve -- minister (unto), serve.
see GREEK huperetes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.