What does ὑπηρετέω (hypēretéō) mean in the Bible?
ὑπηρετέω (hypēretéō) is a Greek word meaning "to serve".
Greek · G5256
ὑπηρετέω
To serve
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ὑπηρετέω G5256
Pronunciation hypēretéō
What does ὑπηρετέω (hypēretéō) mean in the Bible?
ὑπηρετέω (hypēretéō) is a Greek word meaning "to serve".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5256?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include had served (1), have ministered to (1), to minister (1).
Where does ὑπηρετέω (hypēretéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 13:36. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It had served 1× Acts 13:36
have ministered to 1× Acts 20:34
to minister 1× Acts 24:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 13:36
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Acts 3
Source forms
ὑπηρετεῖν 1x hypēretein Acts 24:23
ὑπηρέτησαν 1x hypēretēsan Acts 20:34
ὑπηρετήσας 1x hypēretēsas Acts 13:36
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 20:34
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 13:36
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Acts 24:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to serve
Source Gloss
to serve
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 13:36 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ὑπηρετήσας uphrethsav
I minister to, serve
Read verse Acts 20:34 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ὑπηρέτησαν uphrethsan
I minister to, serve
Read verse Acts 24:23 Verb Present Active Infinitive
ὑπηρετεῖν uphretein
I minister to, serve
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 present 1
Voice
active 3
Mood
participle 1 indicative 1 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ὑπηρετέω is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain