Quick Definition
to minister
Strong's Definition
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: minister (unto), (do) serve(-ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
TWOT Reference: 2472
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁרַת (sha.rat) — to minister. (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שָׁרֵת
Serve | verb pi
to attend, to wait on, to serve, to minister = action by which a person performs duties for another person or for a deity
GEN 39:4 · GEN 40:4 · NUM 3:6 · NUM 8:26 · NUM 16:9 · NUM 18:2 · DEU 10:8 · DEU 17:12 · DEU 21:5 · 1SA 2:11 · 1SA 3:1 · 1KI 1:4 · 1KI 1:15 · 1KI 19:21 · 1CH 15:2 · 1CH 23:13 · 1CH 27:1 · 1CH 28:1 · 2CH 17:19 · 2CH 22:8 · 2CH 29:11 · PSA 101:6 · ISA 56:6 · ISA 60:7 · ISA 60:10 · JER 33:22 · EZK 20:32 · EZK 40:46 · EZK 43:19 · EZK 44:11 · EZK 44:11 · EZK 44:12 · EZK 44:15 · EZK 44:16 · EZK 45:4
Serve | verb pi
to serve, to minister, to officiate = action by which humans carry out their assigned duties
EXO 28:35 · EXO 28:43 · EXO 29:30 · EXO 30:20 · EXO 35:19 · EXO 39:1 · EXO 39:26 · EXO 39:41 · NUM 3:31 · NUM 4:9 · NUM 4:12 · NUM 4:14 · DEU 18:5 · DEU 18:7 · 1SA 2:18 · 1KI 8:11 · 2KI 25:14 · 1CH 6:17 · 1CH 16:4 · 1CH 16:37 · 1CH 26:12 · 2CH 5:14 · 2CH 8:14 · 2CH 13:10 · 2CH 23:6 · 2CH 29:11 · 2CH 31:2 · EZR 8:17 · NEH 10:37 · NEH 10:40 · EST 1:10 · PSA 103:21 · JER 33:21 · JER 52:18 · EZK 42:14 · EZK 44:11 · EZK 44:17 · EZK 44:19 · EZK 44:27 · EZK 45:4 · EZK 45:5 · EZK 46:24 · JOL 1:9 · JOL 1:13 · JOL 1:13 · JOL 2:17
Care | verb pi
to tend literally: to attend (furnishings); hence: = causative action by which humans make sure that an object is well taken care of and kept from being damaged
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁרַת] 97 vb. Pi. minister, serve base