ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΝ, διακονον
DIAKONON, diakonon
Sounds Like: dee-AH-koh-non
Translations: deacon, a deacon, servant, a servant, minister, a minister
From the root: ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a servant, minister, or deacon. It describes someone who performs service, either in a general sense or specifically in a religious or official capacity. It is a compound word, combining 'διά' (through, by means of) and 'κόνις' (dust, implying haste or diligence in service).
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1249 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 10:42
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΚΟΝ — servant, minister, deacon, an attendant, a helper
- ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟ — servant, a servant, minister, a minister, deacon, a deacon
- ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΙ — servants, ministers, deacons
- ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΙΣ — (to) servants, (to) ministers, (to) deacons
- ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ — deacon, a deacon, servant, a servant, minister, a minister
- ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΥ — of a servant, of a minister, of a deacon
- ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΥΣ — deacons, ministers, servants
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