διάκονος
diákonos
an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from an obsolete (to run on errands; compare G1377 (διώκω));
an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess)
- an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties)
- specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deacon, minister, servant
Usage
31 occurrences · 0 OT · 31 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- minister7 · 23%
- servant4 · 13%
- a minister4 · 13%
- ministers4 · 13%
- the minister3 · 10%
- the ministers2 · 6%
- to the servants1 · 3%
- unto the servants1 · 3%
- the servants1 · 3%
- a servant1 · 3%
- deacons1 · 3%
- must the deacons1 · 3%
- the deacons1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.