one who serves

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[English Word] one who serves

[English Plural] servers

[Swahili Word] mtumi

[Swahili Plural] watumi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

[English Example] fireman (on a locomotive)

[Swahili Example] mtumishi wa moto

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[English Word] one who serves food

[English Plural] food servers

[Swahili Word] mpakuzi

[Swahili Plural] wapakuzi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] pakia

[Note] rare

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διάκονος, ου, ὁ, ἡ (s. διακονέω, διακονία; Trag., Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 6:10 L, for δράκοντας; TestJud 14:2; Philo, Joseph., Just., Tat., Iren., Hippol.) gener. one who is busy with someth. in a manner that is of assistance to someone

① one who serves as an intermediary in a transaction, agent, intermediary, courier (cp. Jos., Ant. 1, 298 of Rachel who brought Jacob to Laban; s. also Ant. 7, 201; 224 al.; Jos., Ant. 8, 354 Elisha is Ἠλίου καὶ μαθητὴς καὶ δ.; Epigonos is δ. καὶ μαθητής of Noetus in Hippol., Ref. 9, 7, 1). Of a deity’s intermediaries: gener. θεοῦ δ. (Epict. 3, 24, 65 Diogenes as τοῦ Διὸς διάκονος; Achilles Tat. 3, 18, 5 δ. θεῶν; cp. Philo, De Jos. 241; Jos., Bell. 3, 354) 2 Cor 6:4; 1 Th 3:2 (cp. 1 Cor 3:5) s. below; Tit 1:9b v.l.; Hs 9, 15, 4; δ. Χριστοῦ 2 Cor 11:23; Col 1:7; 1 Ti 4:6 (cp. Tat. 13, 3 δ. τοῦ πεπονθότος θεοῦ); of officials understood collectively as a political system agent ἡ ἐξουσία the (governmental) authorities as θεοῦ δ. Ro 13:4, here understood as a fem. noun (Heraclit. Sto. 28 p. 43, 15; of abstractions Epict. 2, 23, 8; 3, 7, 28). W. specific ref. to an aspect of the divine message: of apostles and other prominent Christians charged with its transmission (δ. τῆς διδασκαλίας Orig., C. Cels. 1, 62, 30) Col 1:23; Eph 3:7; δ. καινῆς διαθήκης 2 Cor 3:6; δ. δικαιοσύνης (opp. δ. τοῦ σατανᾶ) 2 Cor 11:15. δ. τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τ. εὐαγγελίῳ God’s agent in the interest of the gospel 1 Th 3:2 v.l. (for συνεργός); cp. δ. χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ (if Timothy provides proper instruction he will be considered an admirable transmitter of the gospel tradition) 1 Ti 4:6; δ. ἐν κυρίῳ Eph 6:21; Col 1:25 indirectly as δ. ἐκκλησίας; of Christ as God’s agent δ. περιτομῆς for the circumcision=for descendants of Abraham, Ro 15:8. Cp. Phoebe Ro 16:1 and subscr. v.l.; of Tychicus as faithful courier Col 4:7 (Pla., Rep. 370e ‘intermediary, courier’; of Hermes, s. G Elderkin, Two Curse Inscriptions: Hesperia 6, ’37. 389, table 3, ln. 8; Jos., Ant. 7, 201; 224 al.).

② one who gets someth. done, at the behest of a superior, assistant to someone (the context determines whether the term, with or without the article ὁ, οἱ is used inclusively of women or exclusively) Mt 20:26; 23:11; Mk 10:43; of all 9:35; Pol 5:2. Of table attendants (X., Mem. 1, 5, 2; Polyb. 31, 4, 5; Lucian, Merc. Cond. 26; Athen. 7, 291a; 10, 420e; Jos., Ant. 6, 52) J 2:5, 9. Of a king’s retinue Mt 22:13.—Of Jesus’ adherents gener.: those in the service of Jesus J 12:26. Satirically, ἁμαρτίας δ. agent for sin Gal 2:17 (cp. the genitival constructions in 1 above; cp. Tat. 19, 2 of divination as instrument or medium for immoderate cravings πλεονεξιῶν … δ.). One who serves as assistant in a cultic context (Hdt. 4, 71, 4 ‘aide, retainer’; Pausanias 9, 82, 2 ‘attendants’) attendant, assistant, aide (the Eng. derivatives ‘deacon’ and ‘deaconess’ are technical terms, whose mng. varies in ecclesiastical history and are therefore inadequate for rendering NT usage of δ.) as one identified for special ministerial service in a Christian community (s. Just., A I, 65, 5; 67, 5; Iren. 1, 13, 5 [Harv. I 121, 6]; Hippol., Ref. 9, 12, 22) esp. of males (the δ. as holder of a religious office outside Christianity: IMagnMai 109 [c. 100 B.C.]; IG IV, 474, 12; 824, 6; IX, 486, 18; CIG II, 1800, 1; 3037, 4; II addenda 1793b, 18 p. 982; Thieme 17f; MAI 27, 1902, p. 333f no. 8, 22) Phil 1:1 (EBest, Bishops and Deacons, TU 102, ’68, 371–76); 1 Ti 3:8, 12; 4:6; Tit 1:9a v.l.; Phlm subscr. v.l.; 1 Cl 42:4f (Is 60:17); Hv 3, 5, 1; Hs 9, 26, 2; IEph 2:1; IMg 2; 6:1; 13:1; ITr 2:3; 3:1; 7:2; IPhld: ins; 4; 7:1; 10:1f; 11:1; ISm 8:1; 10:1; 12:2; IPol 6:1; Pol 5:3; D 15:1.—Harnack, D. Lehre d. Zwölf Apostel: TU II 1; 2, 1884, 140ff, Entstehung u. Entwicklung d. Kirchenverfassung 1910, 40ff; FHort, The Christian Ecclesia 1898, 202–8; Ltzm., ZWT 55, 1913, 106–13=Kleine Schriften I, ’58, 148–53; HLauerer, D. ‘Diakonie’ im NT: NKZ 42, ’31, 315–26; WBrandt, Dienst u. Duienen im NT ’31 (diss. Münster: Diakonie u. das NT, 1923); RAC III, 888–99; JCollins, Diakonia ’90 (p. 254: ‘Care, concern, and love—those elements of meaning introduced into the interpretation of this word and its cognates by Wilhelm Brandt—are just not part of their field of meaning’.) Further lit. s.v. ἐπίσκοπος and πρεσβύτερος.—Since the responsibilities of Phoebe as διάκονος Ro 16:1 and subscr. v.l. seem to go beyond those of cultic attendants, male or female (for females in cultic settings: ministra, s. Pliny, Ep. 10, 96, 8; cp. CIG II 3037 διάκονος Τύχη; ἡ δ. Marcus Diaconus, Vi. Porphyr. p. 81, 6; MAI [s. above] 14, 1889, p. 210; Pel.-Leg. 11, 18; many documentary reff. in New Docs 4, 239f), the reff. in Ro are better classified 1, above (but s. DArchea, Bible Translator 39, ’88, 401–9). For the idea of woman’s service cp. Hv 2, 4, 3; hence Hs 9, 26, 2 may include women. Further lit. s.v. χήρα b.—Thieme 17f. B. 1334. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

θεραπευτά̱, θεραπευτής

one who serves the gods: masc nom /voc /acc dual

θεραπευτής

one who serves the gods: masc voc sg

θεραπευτής

one who serves the gods: masc nom sg (epic)

θεραπευτός

that may be fostered: neut nom /voc /acc pl

θερᾰπ-ευτής, οῦ, ὁ

A one who serves the gods, worshipper, θ. Ἄρεως, θεῶν, Pl.Phdr. 252c, Lg. 740c; ὁσίων τε καὶ ἱερῶν ib. 878a;

τοῦ καλοῦ Ph.1.261

; οἱ θ. worshippers of Sarapis or Isis, UPZ8.19 (ii B.C.), IG11(4).1226 (Delos, ii B.C.); title of play by Diphilus, ib.2.992ii9; name of certain ascetics, Ph.2.471; θ. ὁσιότητος, of the followers of Moses, ib. 177.

2 one who serves a great man, courtier,

οἱ ἀμφὶ τὸν πάππον θ. X.Cyr.1.3.7

.

II one who attends to anything, c. gen.,

σώματος Pl.Grg. 517e

;

τῶν περὶ τὸ σῶμα Id.R. 369d

.

2 medical attendant, τῶν καμνόντων ib. 341c.

θεραπευτά̱ς, θεραπευτής

one who serves the gods: masc acc pl

θεραπευτά̱ς, θεραπευτής

one who serves the gods: masc nom sg (epic doric aeolic)

ἀρχιερεύς, έως, ὁ (*ἀρχ-+ ἱερεύς; Hdt.+; on the freq. use of the title in polytheistic cults s. Brandis in Pauly-W. II 471–83; Magie 64).

① one who serves as head priest, high priest

ⓐ gentile MPol 21=Ἀσιάρχης (q.v.) 12:2.

ⓑ Israelite

α. president of the Sanhedrin (Schürer II 215–18): in Jesus’ trial Mt 26:57, 62f, 65; Mk 14:60f, 63; J 18:19, 22, 24. Those named are Ἀβιαθάρ, Ἁνανίας, Ἅννας, Καϊάφας, Σκευᾶς; see these entries.

β. by fig. extension, of Christ, who serves as high priest by atoning for the sins of humans Hb 2:17; 3:1 (w. ἀπόστολος); 5:10; 6:20; 7:26; 8:1; 9:11; 1 Cl 61:3; 64; IPhld 9:1; MPol 14:3. ἀ. μέγας (1 Macc 13:42; Philo, Somn. 1, 219; Michel 1231, 1; cp. also the ἀ. μέγιστος=pontifex maximus of imperial ins) Hb 4:14 (GFriedrich, TZ 18, ’62, 95–115); ἀ. τῶν προσφορῶν 1 Cl 36:1. Cp. ANairne, The Epistle of Priesthood 1913, 135ff; HWindisch, Hdb., exc. on Hb 9:14; JUbbink, NThSt 22, ’39, 172–84 (on Hb); MDibelius, D. himml. Kultus nach Hb: ThBl 21, ’42, 1–11; HWenschkewitz, D. Spiritualisierung d. Kultusbegriffe Tempel, Priester u. Opfer im NT ’32; OMoe, D. Priestert. Christi im NT ausserhalb des Hb: TLZ 72, ’47, 335–38; GSchille, Erwägungen zur Hohepriesterlehre des Hb: ZNW 56, ’55, 81–109; AJansen, Schwäche u. Vollkommenheit des H-priesters Christus, diss. Rome, ’57.

② a priest of high rank, chief priest

ⓐ in Israel’s cultic life. The pl. is used in the NT and in Joseph. (Schürer II 233, 25; 235, 34) to denote members of the Sanhedrin who belonged to highpriestly families: ruling high priests, those who had been deposed, and adult male members of the most prominent priestly families (s. Schürer II 232–36 w. ref. [235, 36] to the view of a jurisdictional body proposed by JJeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus ’69, 175–81, s. also GSchrenk, TW III 271, 37). ἀρχιερεῖς w. ἄρχοντες Lk 23:13; 24:20; w. γραμματεῖς and πρεσβύτεροι Mt 16:21; 27:41; Mk 8:31; 11:27; 14:43, 53; 15:1; Lk 9:22; 20:1; w. γραμματεῖς (IMagnMai 197, 11f; 193, 10; Thieme 21f) Mt 2:4; 20:18; 21:15; Mk 10:33; 11:18; 14:1; 15:31; Lk 20:19; 22:2, 66; 23:10; GJs 6:2; w. πρεσβύτεροι Mt 21:23 (cp. Lk 20:1); 26:3, 47; 27:1, 3, 12, 20; Ac 4:23; 23:14; 25:15; w. Σαδδουκαῖοι Ac 4:1 v.l.; ἀ. καὶ τὸ συνέδριον ὅλον Mt 26:59; Mk 14:55; Ac 22:30 (πᾶν τὸ συν.). οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς alone= the Sanhedrin Ac 9:14. Cp. Hb 10:11 v.l.; 1 Cl 40:5; 41:2; GJs 6:2.—On ἀ. τ. ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐκ. J 11:49, 51; 18:13 s. ἐνιαυτός 1.

ⓑ by fig. ext., of Christian prophets D 13:3 and ApcPt 20 (Harnack’s text, Wilamowitz ἀδελφῶν, Schubert ἀρχηγῶν).—Pauly-W. II 471–83. EDNT. M-M. TW. Sv.

πρόπολος, ον, ([etym.] πέλομαι, τέλλω)

A going or acting before:

1 servant that goes before one, attendant, minister,

τυράννων A.Ch. 357

(lyr.): abs., Xenoph.1.18, E.Hipp. 200 (anap.), Ar.Nu. 436; rower, Pi.O.13.54.

2 one who serves a god, esp. one who interprets his will to men, minister, [

Ἑκάτη] οἱ π. ἔπλετο h.Cer. 440

; ὄνειρος Ἀΐδα π. v.l. in Ar.Ra. 1333(lyr.);

Ἡσίοδος π. Μουσᾶν B.5.192

;

Πίνδαρος.. Πιερίδων π. AP7.35

(Leon.); Μουσάων π... Ὀρφέα Poet. ap. Alcid.Od. 24;

αἰθέρος π... πελειαί Simm.

ap. Ath.11.491c; of the Κουρῆτες, Str. 10.3.7.

b temple-servant, Hdt.2.63;

θεοῦ π. Ar.Pl. 670

;

Ἐνοδίας E.Hel. 570

, cf. AP6.269 (Sapph.), Str.5.3.5, D.H.1.76.

II as Adj., c. dat., ministering to, devoted to,

ἐπινικίοισιν ἀοιδαῖς Pi.N.4.79

;

θεῷ IG12.825

.

ποιμήν, ένος, ὁ (s. prec. two entries; Hom.+; pap, LXX; JosAs; ApcEl [PSI I, 7 verso, 1]; AscIs, ApcrEzk, Philo; Jos., Ant. 8, 404 al.)

① one who herds sheep, shepherd, sheep-herder (Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 13 Jac. nomads; Theoph. Ant. 2, 35 [p. 190, 8]. In imagery or parable: Orig., C. Cels. 4, 17, 21) Mt 9:36=Mk 6:34 (Num 27:17); Mt 25:32; GJs 4:3; 18:3 (codd.). Of the shepherds at Jesus’ birth Lk 2:8, 15, 18, 20 (s. HGressmann, Das Weihnachtsevangelium 1914 [on this CClemen, StKr 89, 1916, 237–52]; JGeffcken, D. Hirten auf dem Felde: Her 49, 1914, 321–51 [against him JKroll, Her 50, 1915, 137ff]; Clemen² 1924, 195; 203ff; IHarrie, Die Anbetung der Hirten: ARW 23, 1925, 369–82; RBultmann, Gesch. d. Syn. Trad.² ’31, 323–6; GErdmann, D. Vorgesch. d. Lk u. Mt ’32; ADeissmann, D. Anbetung d. Hirten u. d. Anbetung d. Weisen: Lutherring 16, ’35, 377–82).—In imagery, w. detail predominating: πατάξω τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται (v.l. and also more grammatically correct:-θήσεται) τὰ πρόβατα τῆς ποίμνης (cp. Zech 13:7) Mt 26:31; Mk 14:27; B 5:12. Of Christ in extended imagery J 10:2, 7 v.l., 16; (opp. ὁ μισθωτός) vs. 12; ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός vs. 11ab, 14 (Maximus Tyr. 6, 7d Cyrus is called ποιμὴν ἀγαθός, because he protects the Persian ‘flock’ fr. the barbarian ‘wolves’).

② one who serves as guardian or leader, shepherd, fig. ext. of 1 (Diog. L. 9, 40 Democritus is called ποιμὴν [=guardian] μύθων)

ⓐ esp. freq. in Hermas (Leutzsch, Hermas 439f n. 546)

α. as the angel of repentance and bearer of a revelation (MDibelius, Der Offenbarungsträger im ‘Hirten’ des H.: Harnack-Ehrung 1921, 105–18; Rtzst., Erlösungsmyst. 1921, 149) Hv 5:3, 7; Hs 2:1; 5, 1, 1; 8, 1, 4; 18; 8, 2, 5f; 8; 8, 4, 1; 8, 5, 1; 6; 8, 6, 1; 9, 1, 1; 9, 2, 6; 9, 5, 1; 7; 9, 7, 1; 3f; 9, 8, 1; 9, 9, 5–7; 9, 10, 1; 4; 6; 9, 11, 1; 8; 10, 3, 4f [=POxy 404 recto C, 15; 20 restored].

β. in the vision of the shepherds Hs 6, 1, 5f; 6, 2, 1; 5f; 6, 3, 2; 7:1.

ⓑ of those who lead Christian communities/congregations/ churches

α. God (Philo, Agr. 51; Aberciusins. 3 π. ἁγνός) IRo 9:1.

β. Christ τὸν ποιμένα τῶν προβάτων τὸν μέγαν Hb 13:20 (RGyllenberg, D. Christol. des Hb: ZST 11, ’34, 662–90). τὸν ποιμένα καὶ ἐπίσκοπον τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν 1 Pt 2:25 (cp. Philo, Mut. Nom. 116 of the θεῖος λόγος; Ezk 34:23). ποιμ. τῆς ἐκκλησίας MPol 19:2. S. above 1, end, and Hdb. exc. after J 10:21; Bultmann 276–93; JQuasten, Hlg. Überliefg. (edited by OCasel) ’38, 51–58 (Hellenistic and early Christian); WJost, Poimen. D. Bild v. Hirten in d. bibl. Überl. u. s. christol. Bed., diss. Giessen ’39; TKempf, Christus der Hirt ’42; VMuller, Prehistory of the Good Shepherd: JNES 3, ’44, 87–90.

γ. human leaders (on ‘shepherds’ as the founders and temporary thiasarchs [leaders] of Gk. religious guilds s. EMaass, Orpheus 1895, 181; Himerius, Or. 54 [=Or. 15] when greeting his newly arrived students, compares the teachers to shepherds [ἀγελάρχαι] and the pupils to the flock [ἀγέλη alternating with ποίμνιον §2]. S. also Jer 2:8; 3:15; Ezk 34:2) pastor Eph 4:11 (w. other church leaders). ὅπου ὁ ποιμήν (i.e. the superintendent/supervisor) ἐστιν, ἐκεῖ ὡς πρόβατα ἀκολουθεῖτε IPhld 2:1. S. also IRo 9:1 (Ign. as ‘shepherd’ of the Syrian church).—EHatch/AHarnack, D. Gesellschaftsverf. der christl. Kirchen im Altertum 1883, 230; HBruders, D. Verfassung der Kirche bis zum Jahr 175 n. Chr. 1904, 190f; 371f; Harnack, D. Mission⁴ I 1923, 350f; NCavatassi, De Munere Pastoris in NT: Verb. Domini 29, ’51, 215–27; 275–85.—B. 149. DELG. EDNT. RAC XV 577–607. M-M. TW.

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[Swahili Word] mpakuzi

[Swahili Plural] wapakuzi

[English Word] longshoreman

[English Plural] longshoremen

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] pakua V

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[Swahili Word] mpakuzi

[Swahili Plural] wapakuzi

[English Word] one who serves food

[English Plural] food servers

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] pakia

[Note] rare

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[Swahili Word] mpakuzi

[Swahili Plural] wapakuzi

[English Word] stevedore

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] pakia

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[Swahili Word] mpakuzi

[Swahili Plural] wapakuzi

[English Word] unloader

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] pakua V

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[Swahili Word] mpakuzi

[Swahili Plural] wapakuzi

[English Word] one who unloads

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] pakia

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[Swahili Word] mtumi

[Swahili Plural] watumi

[English Word] one who is employed

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] tuma V

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[Swahili Word] mtumi

[Swahili Plural] watumi

[English Word] employee

[English Plural] employees

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

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[Swahili Word] mtumi

[Swahili Plural] watumi

[English Word] paid domestic servant

[English Plural] paid domestic servants

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

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[Swahili Word] mtumi

[Swahili Plural] watumi

[English Word] civil servant

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] tuma V

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[Swahili Word] mtumi

[Swahili Plural] watumi

[English Word] one who serves

[English Plural] servers

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

[Swahili Example] mtumishi wa moto

[English Example] fireman (on a locomotive)

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परिवेष्टृ m.

1 Waiter at meals, one who serves up meals; मरुतः परिवेष्टारो मरुतस्यावसन् गृहे Ait. Br.

-2 One who offers an oblation; परिवेष्टाग्निहोत्रस्य भवेन्नासंस्कृतस्तथा Mb.12.165.22.

θεραπευτέον

one must do service to: neut nom /voc /acc pl

θεραπευτέᾱ, θεραπευτέον

one must do service to: fem nom /voc /acc dual

θεραπευτέᾱ, θεραπευτέον

one must do service to: fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)

θεραπευτέος

one must do service to: neut nom /voc /acc pl

θεραπευτής

one who serves the gods: masc acc sg (epic ionic)

[nyis blta'i mi]

one who looks to in interests of both state and church, one who serves 2 masters

mfn. one who offers orﾠ presents, one who serves out (food), a host Mn. V, 51.

[lag bde]

dainty hands, person that pours out the tea at a tea carousel and serves food to the monks, cook, one who serves in the kitchen or at table

* * *

mĭnister, tra, trum, adj. ( gen. plur. ministrūm, Stat. S. 3, 1, 86) [a double comp. in form, from minus and comp. ending -ter, Gr. ter-os; cf.: magister, sinister], that is at hand, that serves, ministers (as an adj. only poet. and later): lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta ministra tui, that further, promote; promotive, or in a subst. sense, Ov. H. 21, 114:

minister Grex,

Sil. 11, 274:

ardor,

Lucr. 5, 297:

ministro baculo,

with the aid of a staff, Ov. Ib. 261.—

Subst.

mĭnister, tri, m., an attendant, waiter, servant; also a priest's attendant or assistant; likewise an inferior officer, underofficial; hence, transf., an aider in a good or bad sense, a furtherer, promoter, helper, an abettor, accomplice:

centum aliae (famulae), totidemque pares aetate ministri,

Verg. A. 1, 705:

Phrygius,

the cup-bearer Ganymede, Val. Fl. 5, 691; Mart. 12, 15, 7:

Falerni,

a cup -bearer, Cat. 27, 1:

ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43:

hostia Inter cunctantes cecidit moribunda ministros,

Verg. G. 3, 488:

ministri imperii tui,

inferior officers, under-officials, Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 3:

regni,

an assistant in the regal government, a minister, Just. 16, 1, 3:

infimi homines ministros se praebent in judiciis oratoribus,

i. e. inform the orators what the law is, Cic. de Or 1, 45, 146:

legum,

a minister, administrator, id. Clu. 53, 198:

sermonum,

a mediator, negotiator, Tac. H. 2, 99:

consiliorum suorum,

Vell. 2, 129, 3:

Tiberius Alexander... minister bello datus,

Tac. A. 15, 28:

ministri ac servi seditionum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 13:

ministri ac satellites cupiditatum,

id. Verr 2, 3, 8, § 21; so,

furoris alieni,

agents, instruments, Lact. 5, 11:

libidinis, Cic Lael. 10, 35: socii scelerum atque ministri,

Lucr. 3, 61:

Calchante ministro,

with the help of Calchas, Verg. A. 2, 100:

ministrum esse in maleficio,

Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

minister fulminis ales,

i. e. the eagle, Hor. C. 4, 4, 1:

calidae gelidaeque (aquae) minister,

one who serves, Juv. 5, 63:

me nemo ministro fur erit,

by my aid, id. 3, 46.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a minister of religion, a preacher of Christ:

ut sim minister Christi,

Vulg. Rom. 15, 16; id. Eph. 3, 7:

fidelis,

id. ib. 6, 21:

Dei,

id. 2 Cor. 6, 4:

optimus,

Aug. Conf. 10, 26.—Of inanimate things:

sit anulus tuus non minister alienae voluntatis,

Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 4:

taedae, ardore ministro, suppeditant novum lumen,

Lucr. 5, 297.—

mĭnistra, ae, f., a female attendant, maid-servant; a female assistant or minister, at religious worship (class. only in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

una ministrarum,

Ov. M. 9, 90; 306; 14, 705:

accipiat missas apta ministra notas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 470:

ara deae certe tremuit, pariente ministrā,

i. e. the Vestal Sylvia, id. F. 3, 47.—Also among Christians:

ancillae, quae ministrae dicebantur,

i. e. deaconesses, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 8.—

Trop., a servant, handmaid; in a bad sense, an aider, accessory, abettor:

ministra et famula corporis res familiaris,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

voluptatum satellites et ministrae,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 37:

Camilla delegit pacisque bonas bellique ministras,

Verg. A. 11, 658.

ὀρφανός, ή, όν (cp. Lat. orbus, ‘bereft (of)’; in var. senses relating to loss of a relationship Hom. et al.)

① pert. to being deprived of parents, without parents, orphan (so Hom.+; ins [New Docs 4, 162–64, w. texts relating to loss of only one parent], pap, LXX; JosAs 12:11 [freq. cod. A: p. 53, 16; 55, 15 Bat.]; Philo; Jos., Ant. 18, 314 al.), used so in our lit. only as a subst. (as Pla., Leg. 6, 766c; 11, 926c, al.; pap, LXX, TestJob, Ar., Just., Tat.) in sing. and pl. orphan(s), mostly grouped w. χήρα (or χῆραι) as typically in need of protection (Liban., Or. 62 p. 379, 2 F. χήρας οἰκτείρων, ὀρφανοὺς ἐλεῶν; PCairMasp 6 recto, 2; 2 Macc 3:10; Just., A I, 67, 6; freq. in the LXX, but more commonly in the sing. fr. Ex 22:22 on, πᾶσαν χήραν κ. ὀρφανόν) ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας Js 1:27; Hs 1:8. διαρπάζειν χηρῶν καὶ ὀρφανῶν τὴν ζωήν rob widows and orphans of their living 9, 26, 2. κατεσθίειν τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν καὶ ὀρφανῶν Mk 12:40 v.l.; νουθετεῖν τὰς χήρας καὶ τοὺς ὀρ. instruct the widows and orphans Hv 2, 4, 3. W. χῆραι and ὑστερούμενοι m 8:10; in the sing. Hs 5, 3, 7. W. χήρα and πένης Pol 6:1. W. χήρα and others in need of help ISm 6:2. Collectively κρίνειν ὀρφανῷ see to it that justice is done (to) the orphan 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:17). χήρᾳ καὶ ὀρφανῷ προσέχειν be concerned about (the) widow and orphan 20:2.

② pert. to being without the aid and comfort of one who serves as associate and friend, orphaned, fig. ext. of 1: Jesus says to his disciples that upon his departure οὐκ ἀφήσω ὑμᾶς ὀρφανούς I will not leave you orphaned (or [as] orphans) J 14:18 (for this usage s. Pla., Phd. 65, 116a, where the feelings of Socrates’ friends are described thus: ἀτεχνῶς ἡγούμενοι ὥσπερ πατρὸς στερηθέντες διάξειν ὀρφανοὶ τὸν ἔπειτα βίον =‘thinking that we would have to spend the rest of our lives just like children deprived of their father’. Sim. the followers of Peregrinus in Lucian, Peregr. 6. Cp. Epict. 3, 24, 14; 15).—B. 130. RE VI/1, 224–25. DELG. M-M. TW.

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[Swahili Word] mtumishi

[Swahili Plural] watumishi

[English Word] civil servant

[English Plural] civil servants

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

[Swahili Example] Miradi inayotekelezwa ni ya ujenzi wa nyumba za watumishi [Masomo 363]

[English Example] The projects that are completed are the construction of civil servants' housing.

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[Swahili Word] mtumishi

[Swahili Plural] watumishi

[English Word] paid domestic servant

[English Plural] domestic servants

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

[Swahili Example] Njoo haraka. Mkewe ameuawa na mtumishi wake amejeruhiwa vibaya kabisa [Ganzel Masomo 166]

[English Example] Come quickly! His wife has been killed and his servant has been very badly wounded

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[Swahili Word] mtumishi

[Swahili Plural] watumishi

[English Word] one who serves

[English Plural] servers

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

[Swahili Example] mtumishi wa moto

[English Example] fireman (on a locomotive)

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[Swahili Word] mtumishi

[Swahili Plural] watumishi

[English Word] employee

[English Plural] employees

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

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