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Lexicon :: Strong's G1249 - diakonos

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διάκονος
Transliteration
diakonos (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-ak'-on-os
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands, cf διώκω (G1377))
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Strong’s Definitions

διάκονος diákonos, dee-ak'-on-os; probably from an obsolete διάκω diákō (to run on errands; compare G1377); 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):—deacon, minister, servant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's G1249 in the following manner: minister (20x), servant (8x), deacon (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's G1249 in the following manner: minister (20x), servant (8x), deacon (3x).

  1. one who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant, minister

    1. the servant of a king

    2. a deacon, one who, by virtue of the office assigned to him by the church, cares for the poor and has charge of and distributes the money collected for their use

    3. a waiter, one who serves food and drink

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διάκονος diákonos, dee-ak'-on-os; probably from an obsolete διάκω diákō (to run on errands; compare G1377); 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):—deacon, minister, servant.
STRONGS G1249:
διάκονος, διακονου, ὁ, ἡ, (of uncertain origin, but by no means, as was formerly thought, compounded of διά and κόνις, so as to mean, properly, 'raising dust by hastening'; cf. ἐγκονεῖν; for α in the preposition διά is short, in διάκονος, long. Buttmann Lexil. i., p. 218ff [English translation, p. 231f] thinks it is derived from the obsolete διάκω equivalent to διήκω [allied with διώκω; cf. Vanicek, p. 363]); one who executes the commands of another, especially of a master; a servant, attendant, minister;
1. universally: of the servant of a king, Matthew 22:13; with the genitive of the person served, Matthew 20:26; Matthew 23:11; Mark 9:35; Mark 10:43, (in which passage it is used figuratively of those who advance others' interests even at the sacrifice of their own); τῆς ἐκκλησίας, of one who does what promotes the welfare and prosperity of the church, Colossians 1:25; διάκονοι τοῦ θεοῦ, those through whom God carries on his administration on earth, as magistrates, Romans 13:4; teachers of the Christian religion, 1 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 1 Thessalonians 3:2 R T Tr WH text L marginal reading; the same are called διάκονοι (τοῦ) Χριστοῦ, 2 Corinthians 11:23; Colossians 1:7; 1 Timothy 4:6; ἐν κυρίῳ, in the cause of the Lord, Colossians 4:7; [Ephesians 6:21]; ὁ διάκ. μου, my follower, John 12:26; τοῦ Σατανᾶ, whom Satan uses as a servant, 2 Corinthians 11:15; [ἁμαρτίας, Galatians 2:17]; διάκ. περιτομῆς (abstract for concrete), of Christ, who labored for the salvation of the circumcised, i. e. the Jews, Romans 15:8; with the genitive of the thing to which service is rendered, i. e. to which one is devoted: καινῆς διαθήκης, 2 Corinthians 3:6; τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, Ephesians 3:7; Colossians 1:23; δικαιοσύνης, 2 Corinthians 11:15.
2. a deacon, one who, by virtue of the office assigned him by the church, cares for the poor and has charge of and distributes the money collected for their use [cf. BB. DD., Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, Schaff-Herzog under the word Deacon; Bp. Lightfoot's Commentary on Philippians, dissert. i. § i.; Julius Mϋller, Dogmatische Abhandlungen, p. 560ff]: Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:8, 12, cf. Acts 6:3ff; ἡ διάκονος, a deaconess (ministra, Pliny, epistles 10, 97), a woman to whom the care of either poor or sick women was entrusted, Romans 16:1 [cf. Dictionaries as above, under the word Deaconess; Lightfoot as above, p. 191; B. D. under the word Phœbe].
3. a waiter, one who serves food and drink: John 2:5, 9, as in Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 2; Hier. 3, 11 (4, 2); Polybius 31, 4, 5; Lucian, de merced. cond. § 26; Athen. 7, p. 291 a.; 10, 420 e.; see διακονέω, 2 and -νία, 5; [also Wetstein on Matthew 4:11].
[Synonyms: διάκονος, δοῦλος, θεράπων, ὑπηρέτης: "διάκονος represents the servant in his activity for the work; not in his relation, either servile, as that of the δοῦλος, or more voluntary, as in the case of the θεράπων, to a person" Trench; [yet cf. e. g. Romans 13:4; 2 Corinthians 6:4, etc.]. δοῦλος opposed to ἑλεύθερος, and correlate to δεσπότης or κύριος, denotes a bondman, one who sustains a permanent servile relation to another. θεράπων is the voluntary performer of services, whether as a freeman or a slave; it is a nobler, tenderer word than δοῦλος. ὑπηρ. according to its etymology suggests subordination. Cf. Trench § 9; B. D. under the word Minister; Meyer on Ephesians 3:7; Schmidt ch. 164.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:11; 20:26; 22:13; 23:11
Mark
9:35; 10:43
John
2:5; 2:9; 12:26
Acts
6:3
Romans
13:4; 13:4; 15:8; 16:1
1 Corinthians
3:5
2 Corinthians
3:6; 6:4; 6:4; 11:15; 11:15; 11:23
Galatians
2:17
Ephesians
3:7; 3:7; 6:21
Philippians
1:1
Colossians
1:7; 1:23; 1:25; 4:7
1 Thessalonians
3:2
1 Timothy
3:8; 3:12; 4:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1249 matches the Greek διάκονος (diakonos),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:26 - It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11 - The greatest among you will be your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35 - After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:43 - But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:5 - His mother told the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:9 - When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:26 - If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:5 - What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - But as God's servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:15 - Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:17 - But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:7 - I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:21 - Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:1 - From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:7 - You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave - a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf -

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:23 - if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:25 - I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God - given to me for you - in order to complete the word of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:7 - Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:8 - Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:12 - Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:6 - By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
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