Word study · lex.G1249
διάκονος diakonos
servant · attendant · minister
Team definition
A noun for a servant, attendant, or minister, masculine or feminine. Compared with words for a bondman, a voluntary attendant, or a subordinate assistant, it presents the servant especially in relation to the work done. It can also be a technical term for a church officer. Rom 13:4 uses it of a servant of God. The entry records the lexical relation and does not decide the office described there.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 27
Matt 20:26Matt 22:13Matt 23:11Mark 9:35Mark 10:43John 2:5John 2:9John 12:26Rom 13:4Rom 15:8Rom 16:11 Cor 3:52 Cor 3:62 Cor 6:42 Cor 11:152 Cor 11:23Gal 2:17Eph 3:7Eph 6:21Phil 1:1Col 1:7Col 1:23Col 1:25Col 4:71 Tim 3:81 Tim 3:121 Tim 4:6
Senses
1. servant or minister in relation to a work Rom 13:4, Matt 20:26, 2 Cor 6:4
2. church officer, deacon Phil 1:1, 1 Tim 3:8, Rom 16:1
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. διάκονος (G1249)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G1249
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
ἐξουσία, submission, and the sword (13:1–7) Rom 13:1; Rom 13:2; Rom 13:3; Rom 13:4; Rom 13:5; Rom 13:6; Rom 13:7