ὑπηρέτης, -ου, ὁ
(< ὑπό + ἐρέτης, a rower) [in LXX: Pr 14:35 (עֶבֶד), Wi 6:4, al.;]
prop., an under rower; hence, generally, a servant, attendant, minister: of a magistrate's attendant, Mt 5:25; of officers of the Synagogue or Sanhedrin, Mt 26:58, Mk 14:54, 65, Lk 4:20, Jo 7:32, 45, 4618:3, 12, 2219:6, Ac 5:22, 26; of the attendants of kings, οἱ ὑ. οἱ ἑμοίJo 18:36; of Christian ministers, Ac 13:526:16; ὑπηρέται λόγου, Lk 1:2; Χριστοῦ, I Co 4:1; δοῦλοι κ. ὑ., Jo 18:18.†
SYN.: v.s. διάκονος