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Lexicon :: Strong's G1249 - diakonos

Aa
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 BoxMat 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:26 - Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11 - But let the greatest among you be your servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35 - And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:43 - But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:5 - His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:9 - After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:26 - If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:5 - What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:6 - Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:15 - So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:17 - But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:7 - Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:21 - But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:1 - Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:7 - As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:23 - If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:25 - Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:7 - Tychicus will give you news of all my business: he is a dear brother and true servant and helper in the word;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:8 - Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:12 - Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:6 - If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
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