1. The LXX, apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha.
a. the group plays little role in the Greek bible. In Prov. 14:35 we have a reference to the hyperetes who is to carry out orders in the proper way, in Dan. 3:46 “servant of the king” execute royal commands, and in Job 1:3 hyperesia is used for Job’s servants. A fuller use occurs only in the Greek Wisdom of Solomon.
b. The pseudepigrapha offer many examples of the group, and these are in accord with nonbiblical usage, whether in the military, legal, cultic, or even the demonic sphere (the assistants of Beliar in Testaments of the Twelve).