διάκονος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ (derivation unknown), [in LXX for נַעַר, שָׁרַת pi.: Est.6:3, 5, א B Est.1:10 2:2, Pro.10:4, 4Ma.9:17 * ;] 1. in general, a servant, attendant, minister: Mat.20:26 22:13 23:11, Mrk.9:35 10:43, Jhn.2:5, 9, 1Co.3:5, Gal.2:17, Eph.6:21, Col.4:7; δ. θεοῦ, Rom.13:4, 2Co.6:4, 1Th.3:2; δ. Χριστοῦ, 2Co.11:23, Col.1:7, 1Ti.4:6; cf. ὁ δ. ὁ ἐμός, Jhn.12:26; δ. περιτομῆς, Rom.15:8; δ. καινῆς διαθήκης, 2Co.3:6; δ. δικαιοσύνης, 2Co.11:15; δ. [εὐαγγελίου], Eph.3:7, Col.1:23; δ. [ἐκκλησίας], Col.1:25. 2. As technical term for Church officer (so in pre-Christian times, see M, Th., I, 32), a deacon: Php.1:1, 1Ti.3:8, 12; fem. (cf. Eccl. διακονίσσα), Rom.16:1 (cf. 1Ti.3:11, and CGT, in l., also M, Th., l.with).† SYN.: 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. (AS)
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G1249 — διάκονος
diakonos · servant · Greek
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Matthew 20:26 · διάκονος·but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;Matthew 22:13 · διακόνοις·‘Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;Matthew 23:11 · διάκονος.And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,Mark 9:35 · διάκονος.and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, ‘If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.’Mark 10:43 · διάκονος·but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,John 2:5 · διακόνοις·His mother saith to the ministrants, ‘Whatever he may say to you—do.’John 2:9 · διάκονοιAnd as the director of the apartment tasted the water become wine, and knew not whence it is, (but the ministrants knew, who have drawn the water,) the director of the feast doth call the bridegroom,John 12:26 · διάκονοςif any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me—honour him will the Father.Romans 13:4 · διάκονός · διάκονόςfor of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.Romans 15:8 · διάκονονAnd I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,Romans 16:1 · διάκονονAnd I commend you to Phebe our sister—being a ministrant of the assembly that is in Cenchrea—1 Corinthians 3:5 · διάκονοιWho, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?2 Corinthians 3:6 · διακόνουςwho also made us sufficient to be ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.2 Corinthians 6:4 · διάκονοιbut in everything recommending ourselves as God’s ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,2 Corinthians 11:15 · διάκονοι · διάκονοιno great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness—whose end shall be according to their works.2 Corinthians 11:23 · διάκονοιministrants of Christ are they?—as beside myself I speak—I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;Galatians 2:17 · διάκονος;And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be!Ephesians 3:7 · διάκονοςof which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;Ephesians 6:21 · διάκονοςAnd that ye may know—ye also—the things concerning me—what I do, all things make known to you shall Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful ministrant in the Lord,Philippians 1:1 · διακόνοις·Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;Colossians 1:7 · διάκονοςas ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,Colossians 1:23 · διάκονος.¶if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that is under the heaven, of which I became—I Paul—a ministrant.Colossians 1:25 · διάκονοςof which I—I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,Colossians 4:7 · διάκονοςAll the things concerning me make known to you shall Tychicus—the beloved brother, and faithful ministrant, and fellow-servant in the Lord—1 Timothy 3:8 · ΔιακόνουςMinistrants—in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,1 Timothy 3:12 · διάκονοιMinistrants—let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,1 Timothy 4:6 · διάκονοςThese things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after,