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διάκονος

Definition and meaning

diakonos (dee-ak'-on-os) n. 1. an attendant, a servant 2. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties) 3. (specially) a male Christian serving in a specific function and post (i.e. tending the widows and the poor, teaching, pastoring, etc) [probably from an obsolete diako "to run on errands"] KJV: deacon, minister, servant Compare: G1377

Tagged KJV passages

29 matching verses - 31.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Colossians 4:7

All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:

Matched English: minister1 Thessalonians 3:2

And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

Matched English: minister1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Matched English: deacons1 Timothy 3:12

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Matched English: deacons1 Timothy 4:6

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

Matched English: minister