Bible Study on “minister”

Meaning of “minister”

  1. Minister — one who serves, as distinguished from the master. (1.) Heb. meshereth, applied to an attendant on one of superior rank, as to Joshua, the servant of Moses (Ex. 33:11), and to the servant of Elisha (2 Kings 4:43). This name is also given to attendants at court (2 Chr. 22:8), and to the priests and Levites (Jer. 33:21; Ezek. 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 and Neh. 7:57-60. (3.) Greek leitourgos, a subordinate public administrator, and in this sense applied to magistrates (Rom. 13:6). It is applied also to our Lord (Heb. 8:2), and to Paul in relation to Christ (Rom. 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 Paul and Apollos (1 Cor. 3:5), Tychicus (Eph. 6:21), Epaphras (Col. 1:7), Timothy (1 Thess. 3:2), and also to Christ (Rom. 15:8).

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  1. Exodus Chapter 24 Verse 13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

  2. Exodus Chapter 28 Verse 43 — And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

  3. Exodus Chapter 28 Verse 41 — And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

  4. Exodus Chapter 28 Verse 35 — And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

  5. Exodus Chapter 28 Verse 4 — And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

  6. Exodus Chapter 28 Verse 3 — And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

  7. Exodus Chapter 28 Verse 1 — And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

  8. Exodus Chapter 29 Verse 44 — And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.

  9. Exodus Chapter 29 Verse 30 — And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

  10. Exodus Chapter 29 Verse 1 — And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

  11. Exodus Chapter 30 Verse 30 — And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

  12. Exodus Chapter 30 Verse 20 — When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

  13. Exodus Chapter 31 Verse 10 — And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,

  14. Exodus Chapter 35 Verse 19 — The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.

  15. Exodus Chapter 39 Verse 41 — The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.

  16. Exodus Chapter 39 Verse 26 — A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

  17. Exodus Chapter 40 Verse 15 — And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

  18. Exodus Chapter 40 Verse 13 — And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

  19. Leviticus Chapter 7 Verse 35 — This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;

  20. Leviticus Chapter 16 Verse 32 — And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

  21. Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 50 — But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

  22. Numbers Chapter 3 Verse 31 — And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

  23. Numbers Chapter 3 Verse 6 — Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

  24. Numbers Chapter 3 Verse 4 — And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

  25. Numbers Chapter 3 Verse 3 — These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

  26. Numbers Chapter 4 Verse 14 — And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.

  27. Numbers Chapter 4 Verse 12 — And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:

  28. Numbers Chapter 4 Verse 9 — And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

  29. Numbers Chapter 8 Verse 26 — But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

  30. Numbers Chapter 16 Verse 9 — Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

  31. Numbers Chapter 18 Verse 2 — And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

  32. Deuteronomy Chapter 10 Verse 8 — At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

  33. Deuteronomy Chapter 10 Verse 6 — And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

  34. Deuteronomy Chapter 17 Verse 12 — And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

  35. Deuteronomy Chapter 18 Verse 7 — Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.

  36. Deuteronomy Chapter 18 Verse 5 — For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

  37. Deuteronomy Chapter 21 Verse 5 — And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

  38. Joshua Chapter 1 Verse 1 — Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

  39. 1 Samuel Chapter 2 Verse 18 — But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

  40. 1 Samuel Chapter 2 Verse 11 — And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

  41. 1 Samuel Chapter 3 Verse 1 — And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

  42. 2 Samuel Chapter 13 Verse 17 — Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

  43. 1 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 15 — And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

  44. 1 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 4 — And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

  45. 1 Kings Chapter 8 Verse 11 — So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

  46. 1 Kings Chapter 10 Verse 5 — And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

  47. 1 Kings Chapter 19 Verse 21 — And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

  48. 2 Kings Chapter 25 Verse 14 — And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

  49. 1 Chronicles Chapter 6 Verse 32 — And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

  50. 1 Chronicles Chapter 9 Verse 28 — And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.

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