The New Testament Greek Lexicon  Strong's Number:  1249 encodedOriginalWord Original Word Word Origin   διάκονος   probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands, cf (1377)) Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling   diakonos   dee-ak'-on-os MediaPlayer Parts of Speech TDNT   Noun   2:88,152  Definition   one who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant, minister the servant of a king a deacon, one who, by virtue of the office assigned to him by the church, cares for the poor and has charge of and distributes the money collected for their use a waiter, one who serves food and drink  Translated Words   KJV (31) - deacon, 3; minister, 20; servant, 8; NAS (29) - deacons, 3; minister, 7; servant, 10; servants, 9;  Verse Count KJV NAS   Matthew 3 Mark 2 John 3 Romans 4 1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 4 Galatians 1 Ephesians 2 Philippians 1 Colossians 4 1 Thessalonians 1 1 Timothy 3   Matthew 3 Mark 2 John 3 Romans 3 1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 4 Galatians 1 Ephesians 2 Philippians 1 Colossians 4 1 Timothy 3 Search This Resource   Choose a letter below to browse the alphabetical list: a b g d e z h q  i k l m n c o p  r s t u f x y w   Previous Next diakonia diakosioi   Get The Fonts  Download Now!  · Windows Version  · MacIntosh Version  · Linux Version   How to Install …   Buy This Resource Thayer's $12.99  Shop All Greek Lexicons

Abbreviations Legend: TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament; Copyright Statement The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/. Bibliography Information Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Diakonos". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1249>.