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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 31 times in 29 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:26 - but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - '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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11 - And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35 - 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.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:43 - but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:5 - His mother saith to the ministrants, 'Whatever he may say to you -- do.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:9 - And 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:26 - if 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - And I commend you to Phebe our sister -- being a ministrant of the assembly that is in Cenchrea --

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:27 - to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to him be glory to the ages. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:5 - Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - who 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:15 - no great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness -- whose end shall be according to their works.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - ministrants 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:17 - 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!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:7 - of 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:21 - And 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:1 - Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:7 - as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:23 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:25 - of 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:7 - All the things concerning me make known to you shall Tychicus -- the beloved brother, and faithful ministrant, and fellow-servant in the Lord --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:2 - and did send Timotheus -- our brother, and a ministrant of God, and our fellow-workman in the good news of the Christ -- to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:8 - Ministrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:12 - Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:6 - These 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,
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