διάκονος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ
(derivation unknown), [in LXX for נַעַר, שָׁרַת pi.:
Est.6:3, 5, א B
Est.1:10;
2:2,
Pro.10:4, 4Ma.9:17 * ;]
1. in general,
a servant, attendant, minister:
Mat.20:26;
22:13;
23:11,
Mrk.9:35;
10:43,
Jhn.2:5, 9,
1Co.3:5,
Gal.2:17,
Eph.6:21,
Col.4:7; δ. θεοῦ,
Rom.13:4,
2Co.6:4,
1Th.3:2; δ. Χριστοῦ,
2Co.11:23,
Col.1:7,
1Ti.4:6; cf. ὁ δ. ὁ ἐμός,
Jhn.12:26 δ. περιτομῆς,
Rom.15:8 δ. καινῆς διαθήκης,
2Co.3:6 δ. δικαιοσύνης,
2Co.11:15 δ. [εὐαγγελίου],
Eph.3:7,
Col.1:23; δ. [ἐκκλησίας],
Col.1:25 2. As technical term for Church officer (so in pre-Christian times, see M,
Th., I, 32),
a deacon:
Php.1:1,
1Ti.3:8, 12; fem. (cf. Eccl. διακονίσσα),
Rom.16:1 (cf.
1Ti.3:11, and CGT, in l., also M,
Th., l.with).†
SYN.: δοῦλος,
bondman; θεράπων,
servant acting voluntarily; ὑπηρέτης,
servant, attendant, by etymol. suggesting subordination. All these imply relation to a person, in distinction from which δ. represents rather the servant in relation to his work. Cf. also λειτουργός,
a public servant, in which the idea of service to the community is prominent; οἰκέτης,
a house servant. (AS)
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