ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ, διακονος
DIAKONOS, diakonos
Sounds Like: dee-AH-koh-noss
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, whether in a general sense of waiting on tables or serving others, or in a more specific religious sense as an official church leader (a deacon). It emphasizes the act of service and ministry.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1249 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 20:26, 23:11
- Mark — 9:35, 10:43
- John — 12:26
- Romans — 13:4
- Galatians — 2:17
- Ephesians — 3:7
- Colossians — 1:7, 1:25, 4:7
- 1 Timothy — 4:6
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 8:15
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 5:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 20:26, 23:11
- Mark — 9:35, 10:43
- John — 12:26
- Romans — 13:4
- Galatians — 2:17
- Ephesians — 3:7, 6:21
- Colossians — 1:7, 1:23, 1:25, 4:7
- 1 Timothy — 4:6
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
- ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΝ — 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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