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diakonos

servant, minister, deacon

Say it: dee-AK-on-os (approximate)

διάκονος

What it means

A servant, deacon. "Servants, in the same way, must be reverent" (3:8, 3:12) and "a good servant of Christ Jesus" (4:6).

Range of meaning

  • ServantOne who waits on others.
  • MinisterOne who serves a community.
  • DeaconA church office.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 3

    "Servants, in the same way, must be reverent" (3:8, 3:12).

  • Chapter 4

    "A good servant of Christ Jesus" (4:6).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G1249 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources