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1249 – διάκονος (diakonos)

minister


Type:
Noun
mask./fem. ♂ ♀
Greek: διάκονος (diakonos)
Pronunciation: dee-ak-on-os    Listen
Gematria: 231(4 + 10 + 1 + 20 + 70 + 50 + 70 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: Probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands, cf G1377)
Usage: 29 times in NA, 31 times in TR     

Description

  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.


Synonyms

διάκονοςdiakonos♂♀G1249
(29 ggr)		minister
δούληdoule♀G1399
(0 ggr)		handmaiden
δοῦλονdoulon♁G1400
(0 ggr)		servant
δοῦλοςdoulos♂G1401
(129 ggr)		servant
θεράπωνtherapon♂G2324
(1 ggr)		servant
οἰκέτηςoiketes♂G3610
(4 ggr)		servant, domestic servant
παιδίσκηpaidiske♀G3814
(13 ggr)		damsel
παῖςpais♂♀G3816
(24 ggr)		servant
σύνδουλοςsundoulos♂G4889
(10 ggr)		fellowservant
ὑπηρέτηςhuperetes♂G5257
(20 ggr)		officer
*The bars show how many times the word is used in the New Testament.

Word root

Word with diakonos as root:

διακονέωdiakoneoG1247minister unto
διακονίαdiakoniaG1248ministry
διώκωdiokoG1377persecute

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into diakonos :

נַ֫עַרnaarH5288youth
שָׁרַתsharatH8334to minister

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. pl. ♂ accusative plural masculine
N-APM-2
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
N-ASF-1
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM-1
Noun Noun
dative pl. ♂ dative plural masculine
N-DPM-3
Noun Noun
nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine
N-NPM-7
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
N-NSM-15


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References (29 occurances in 27 verses)




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