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verb

Greekὑπηρετέω (hupēreteō)
Biblang

hupēretamō

Strong’sG5256

I minister to, serve

stem hupēret-3 times in the New Testament3 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** ὑπηρετέω, -ῶ

(< ὑπηρέτης) [in LXX: Wi 16:21, 24, 25 19:6, Si 39:4 *;]

prop., to serve as rower on a ship (Diod., al.). In cl. always metaph., to minister to, serve: c. dat. pers., Ac 13:36 20:34 24:23.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5256 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhoop-ay-ret-eh'-o

to be a subordinate, i.e. (by implication) subserve

Fromfrom G5257;

King Jamesminister (unto), serve.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ὑπηρετ-έω,
future -ήσωRefs 2nd c.AD+, etc.: pluperfect ὑπηρετήκειν Refs 5th c.BC+:—properly do service on board ship, as a rower (compare ὑπηρέτης, ὑπηρεσία), Refs 3rd c.BC+:—passive, πλοῖον ὑπὸ δύο ἀνθρώπων ὑπηρετεῖσθαι δυνάμενον Refs 1st c.BC+
II to be a servant, do service, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἄρχω, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 with dative, minister to, serve, τῷ παρόντι δαίμονι Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑ. τῷ χρηστηρίῳ submit to its ruling, Refs 5th c.BC+; [νόμῳ, λόγῳ], Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑ. τοῖς τρόποις humour his ways, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῷδ᾽ ὑ. λόγῳ second, support it, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 ὑ. τινὶ εἴς or πρός τι, Refs 5th c.BC+; also ὑ. τινί τι serve one in a thing, οἷς σὺ ταῦθ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖς Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b in financial sense, τὸν δὲ ταμίαν εἰς τὸ ἀνάλωμα ὑπηρετῆσαι Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3.c at Athens, serve as ὑπηρέτης of the Council, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3.d in the Mithraic cult, to be a ὑπηρέτης or servitor, Refs
II.3.e render military service, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.4 absolutely, serve, be subordinate, opposed to προστάττω, Refs 4th c.BC+ adjective, etc., τὰ λοίφ᾽ ὑ. help in what remains to be done, Refs 5th c.BC+; and with cognate accusative, ὑ. τὰς διακονικὰς πράξεις Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, to be done as service, τὰ ἀπ᾽ ἡμέων ἐς ὑμέας ὑπηρετέεται Refs 5th c.BC+; χρὴ σὴ τό γε ἐμὸν ὑπηρετέεσθαι that my service should be rendered, Refs 5th c.BC+—The middle occurs in late texts, as Refs 1st c.AD+; τὸ -ούμενον the retinue, Refs 1st c.AD+; future -ήσομαιRefs 3rd c.AD+; but in Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

care of … needs1×ministered1×served1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
hupēretalaὑπηρέτησανhappened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person pluralministered1×
hupēretarōὑπηρετεῖνhappening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitivecare of … needs1×
hupēretarantosὑπηρετήσαςhappened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculineserved1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularhupēretamōhupēretamehupēretamihupēretamahupēretamēhupēretamelē
you 2nd person singularhupēretasōhupēretasehupēretasihupēretasahupēretasēhupēretaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularhupēretatōhupēretatehupēretatihupēretatahupēretatēhupēretatelē
we 1st person pluralhupēretanōhupēretanehupēretanihupēretanahupēretanēhupēretanelē
ye 2nd person pluralhupēretavōhupēretavehupēretavihupēretavahupēretavēhupēretavelē
they 3rd person pluralhupēretalōhupēretalehupēretalihupēretala1×ὑπηρέτησανhupēretalēhupēretalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularhupēretameiōhupēretameiahupēretameiē
you 2nd person singularhupēretaseiōhupēretaseiahupēretaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularhupēretateiōhupēretateiahupēretateiē
we 1st person pluralhupēretaneiōhupēretaneiahupēretaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralhupēretaveiōhupēretaveiahupēretaveiē
they 3rd person pluralhupēretaleiōhupēretaleiahupēretaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularhupēretasōrhupēretasarhupēretasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularhupēretatōrhupēretatarhupēretatēr
ye 2nd person pluralhupēretavōrhupēretavarhupēretavēr
they 3rd person pluralhupēretalōrhupēretalarhupēretalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularhupēretamoiōhupēretamoia
you 2nd person singularhupēretasoiōhupēretasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularhupēretatoiōhupēretatoia
we 1st person pluralhupēretanoiōhupēretanoia
ye 2nd person pluralhupēretavoiōhupēretavoia
they 3rd person pluralhupēretaloiōhupēretaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicehupēretarō1×ὑπηρετεῖνhupēretarihupēretarahupēretarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicehupēretarōntoshupēretarintoshupēretarantos1×ὑπηρετήσαςhupēretarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
hupēretstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

hupēret is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

hupēretala“ministered”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×

Acts 20:34… mu kai toi arōntoi meta mu hupēretala tais cheirais houtais.… that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those …

hupēretarō“care of … needs”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×

Acts 24:23… kai mēdenon kōluarō toiu idioiu autou hupēretarō auto.… his friends to minister to his needs.

hupēretarantos“served”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Acts 13:36David men gar idia genea hupēretarantos ta tou theou boula koimita kai …For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation …