What does ὑπηρέτης · λόγος mean in the Bible?
ὑπηρέτης · λόγος is a Greek phrase meaning "attendants, servants, or ministers of the message".
Greek · G5257, G3056
ὑπηρέται τοῦ λόγου
Servant · word
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ὑπηρέτης G5257 servant
Pronunciation hypērétēs
A subordinate who actively serves under authority; distinct from δοῦλος by implying official function rather than ownership status.
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λόγος G3056 word
Pronunciation lógos
Word embodying a conception or idea, not mere sound; in NT especially God's authoritative speech and teaching
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What does ὑπηρέται τοῦ λόγου (hypēretai tou logou) mean in the Bible?
ὑπηρέτης · λόγος is a Greek phrase meaning "attendants, servants, or ministers of the message".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5257, G3056?
G5257, G3056 is connected to 20 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. attendants, servants, or ministers of the message
Source Gloss
attendants, servants, or ministers of the message
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 20 Case pattern Nominative (9) Number pattern Plural (16)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Mark 14:65 · Luke 1:2 · John 7:45 · John 7:46 · John 18:12 · John 18:18 · John 18:36 · John 19:6 · Acts 5:22 9×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 26:58 · Mark 14:54 · John 18:22 3×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:25 · Luke 4:20 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 5:26 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine John 7:32 · John 18:3 · 1 Cor 4:1 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 13:5 · Acts 26:16 2×
Word Origins
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