Strong's Greek · G5257
ὑπηρέτης
hypērétēs
minister, officer, servant
Definition
an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable)
Derivation
from G5259 (ὑπό) and a derivative of (to row);
Appears 20 times in Scripture
“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,”
“When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.”
“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.”
“just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.”
“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.”
“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.””
“Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.”
“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.”
“Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?””
“At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).