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διάκονος

Transliteration diakonos		Pronunciation dē-ä'-ko-nos (Key)
Part of Speech masculine/feminine noun		Root Word (Etymology) Probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands, cf διώκω (G1377))
TDNT Reference 2:88,152	Vines View Entry

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

a) the servant of a king

b) 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

c) a waiter, one who serves food and drink

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Strong's Number G1249 matches the Greek διάκονος (diakonos), which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in 2Cr of the Greek concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (2Cr 3:6 - 2Cr 11:23)
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2Cr 3:6	Who ³⁷³⁹ also ²⁵³² hath made ²⁴²⁷ ⁰ us ²²⁴⁸ able ²⁴²⁷ ministers¹²⁴⁹ of the new ²⁵³⁷ testament ¹²⁴²; not ³⁷⁵⁶ of the letter ¹¹²¹, but ²³⁵ of the spirit ⁴¹⁵¹: for ¹⁰⁶³ the letter ¹¹²¹ killeth ⁶¹⁵ , but ¹¹⁶¹ the spirit ⁴¹⁵¹ giveth life ²²²⁷ .
2Cr 6:4	But ²³⁵ in ¹⁷²² all ³⁹⁵⁶ [things] approving ⁴⁹²¹ ourselves ¹⁴³⁸ as ⁵⁶¹³ the ministers¹²⁴⁹ of God ²³¹⁶, in ¹⁷²² much ⁴¹⁸³ patience ⁵²⁸¹, in ¹⁷²² afflictions ²³⁴⁷, in ¹⁷²² necessities ³¹⁸, in ¹⁷²² distresses ⁴⁷³⁰,
2Cr 11:15	Therefore ³⁷⁶⁷ [it is] no ³⁷⁵⁶ great thing ³¹⁷³ if ¹⁴⁹⁹ ⁰ his ⁸⁴⁶ ministers¹²⁴⁹ also ¹⁴⁹⁹ be transformed ³³⁴⁵ as ⁵⁶¹³ the ministers¹²⁴⁹ of righteousness ¹³⁴³; whose ³⁷³⁹ end ⁵⁰⁵⁶ shall be ²⁰⁷¹ according ²⁵⁹⁶ to their ⁸⁴⁶ works ²⁰⁴¹.
2Cr 11:23	Are they ¹⁵²⁶ ministers¹²⁴⁹ of Christ ⁵⁵⁴⁷? (I speak ²⁹⁸⁰ as a fool ³⁹¹² ) I ¹⁴⁷³ [am] more ⁵²²⁸; in ¹⁷²² labours ²⁸⁷³ more abundant ⁴⁰⁵⁶, in ¹⁷²² stripes ⁴¹²⁷ above measure ⁵²³⁴, in ¹⁷²² prisons ⁵⁴³⁸ more frequent ⁴⁰⁵⁶, in ¹⁷²² deaths ²²⁸⁸ oft ⁴¹⁷⁸.

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