Berean BlueOpen the app

hupēreteō G5256

ὑπηρετέω (hupēreteō) means “to serve” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ὑπηρετέω Greek · G5256 3 tagged occurrences in 3 verses

Pronunciation guide: hoop-ay-ret-eh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G5256

ὑπηρετέω · hupēreteō · to serve

ὑπηρετέω, -ῶ (ὑπηρέτης) [in LXX: Wis.16:21, 24-25 19:6, Sir.39:4 * ;] prop., to serve as rower on a ship (Diod., al.). In cl. always metaphorically, to minister to, serve: with dative of person(s), Act.13:36 20:34 24:23.† (AS)

STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Dodson Greek Lexicon

I minister to, serve.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G5256

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
had served 1
have ministered to 1
to minister 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
after he had served 1
have ministered 1
to minister 1

Verses containing G5256

Page 1 of 1. 3 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Acts 13:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

    Read word by word
  2. Acts 20:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

    Read word by word
  3. Acts 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

    Read word by word

Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

Open in Berean Blue