Strong’s G5256 · Greek
ὑπηρετέω
hypēretéō · hoop-ay-ret-eh'-o
Origin from ὑπηρέτης (G5257);
Meaning to be a subordinate, i.e. (by implication) subserve
In the King James Version minister (unto), serve.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
- Acts 20:34Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
- Acts 24:23And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.