Minister: One who serves, as distinguished from the master.1. Heb. meshereth, applied to an attendant on one of superior rank,
a. to Joshua, the servant of Moses
(Exodus 33:11)
b. to the servant of Elisha
(2 Kings 4:43)
c. to attendants at court
(2 Chronicles 22:8)
d. to the priests and Levites
(Jeremiah 33:21; Ezekiel 44:11)
2. Heb. pelah
(Ezra 7:24) a "minister" of religion. Here used of that
class of sanctuary servants called "Solomon's servants" in
(Ezra 2:55-58; Nehemiah 7:57-60)
3. Greek leitourgos, a subordinate public administrator, and in
this sense applied to magistrates
(Romans 13:6) It is applied also to
our Lord
(Hebrews 8:2) and to Paul in relation to Christ
(Romans 15:16)
4. Greek hyperetes (literally, "under-rower"), a personal attendant
on a superior, thus of the person who waited on the officiating
priest in the synagogue
(Luke 4:20) It is applied also to John
Mark, the attendant on Paul and Barnabas
(Acts 13:5)
5. Greek diaconos, usually a subordinate officer or assistant
employed in relation to the ministry of the gospel, as to:
a. Paul and Apollos
(1 Corinthians 3:5)
b. Tychicus
(Ephesians 6:21)
c. Epaphras
(Colossians 1:7)
d. Timothy
(1 Thessalonians 3:2)
e. Christ
(Romans 15:8)
