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GreekG1249Noun

διάκονος

diakonos

28Occurrences
G1249Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess)

probably from an obsolete (to run on errands; compare G1377 (διώκω));

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.in general, a servant, attendant, minister
2.As technical term for Church officer (so in pre-Christian times, see M, Th., I, 32), a deacon
Synonyms
δοῦλος, bondman; θεράπων, servant acting voluntarily; ὑπηρέτης, servant, attendant, by etymol. suggesting subordination. All these imply relation to a person, in distinction from which δ. represents rather the servant in relation to his work. Cf. also λειτουργός, a public servant, in which the idea of service to the community is prominent; οἰκέτης, a house servant.
LXX: for נַעַר, שָׁרַת pi.: א B, *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

G:N-M/F

Full Description

G:N-M/F

Occurrences

διάκονος appears 28 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Corinthians
4
Colossians
4
1 Timothy
3
John
3
Matthew
3
Romans
3
Ephesians
2
Mark
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 3:5BSB

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

2 Corinthians 11:15BSB

It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.

Colossians 1:23BSB

if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Galatians 2:17BSB

But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

Matthew 22:13BSB

Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.