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1. Officer
huperetes for the original of which see huperetes_under_MINISTER, is translated "officer," with the following applications,
(a) to a magistrate's attendant, Matt_5:25;
(b) to officers of the synagogue, or officers or bailiffs of the Sanhedrin, Matt_26:58; Mark_14:54,65; John_7:32,45,46; John_18:3,12,18,22; 19;6; Acts_5:22,26. See MINISTER, SERVANT.
See also : huperetes in other topics
2. Officer
praktor lit., "one who does," or "accomplishes" (akin to prasso, "to do"), was used in Athens of one who exacts payment, a collector (the word is frequently used in the papyri of a public accountant); hence, in general, a court "officer," an attendant in a court of justice (so Deissmann); the word is used in Luke_12:58 (twice). In the Sept., Isaiah_3:12.
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