διάκονος

diavkono" diavkono",
diakonou,
oJ,
hJ (of uncertain origin, but by no means, as was formerly thought, compounded of
diav and
kovni", so as to mean, properly, `raising dust by hastening'; cf.
ejgkovnein; for the alpha in the preposition
diav is short, in
diavkono", long. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Lexil. i., p. 218ff (English translation, p. 231f) thinks it is derived from the obsolete
diavkw equivalent to
dihvkw (allied with
diwvkw; cf. Vanicek, p. 363)); one who executes the commands of another, especially of a master; a sergeant, attendant, minister;1. universally: of the servant of a king, ; with the genitive of the person served, ; ; ; (in which passage it is used figuratively of those who advance others' interests even at the sacrifice of their own);
th'"
ejkklhsiva", of one who does what promotes the welfare and prosperity of the church, ;
diavkonoi
tou'
Qeou', those through whom God carries on his administration on earth, as magistrates, ; teachers of the Christian religion, ; ; R T Tr WH text L marginal reading; the same are called
diavkonoi (
tou')
Cristou', ; ; ;
ejn
kurivw/, in the cause of the Lord, ; ();
oJ
diavkono"
mou, my follower, ;
tou'
Satana', whom Satan uses as a servant, ; (
aJmartiva", );
diavkono"
peritomh'" (abstract for concrete), of Christ, who labored for the salvation of the circumcised, i. e. the Jews, ; with the genitive of the thing to which service is rendered, i. e. to which one is devoted:
kainh'"
diaqhvkh", ;
tou'
eujaggelivou, ; ;
dikaiosuvnh", .2. a deacon, one who, by virtue of the office assigned him by the church, cares for the poor and has charge of and distributes the money collected for their use (cf. BB. DD., Dict. of Christ. Antiq., Schaff-Herzog under the word Deacon; Lightfoot's Commentary on Philippians, dissert. i. sec. i.; Julius Muller, Dogmatische Abhandlungen, p. 560ff): ; ,, cf. ff;
hJ
diavkono", a deaconess (ministra, Pliny, epistles 10, 97), a woman to whom the care of either poor or sick women was entrusted, (cf. Dictionaries as above, under the word Deaconess; Lightfoot as above, p. 191; B. D. under the word Phoebe).3. a waiter, one who serves food and drink: ,, as in Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 2; Hier. 3, 11 (4, 2); Polybius 31, 4, 5; Lucian, de merced. cond. sec. 26; Athen. 7, p. 291 a.; 10, 420 e.; see
diakonevw, 2 and
diakoniva, 5; (also Wetstein (1752) on ).*(Synonyms:
diavkono",
dou'lo",
qeravpwn,
uJphrevth": "
diavkono" represents the servant in his activity for the work; not in his relation, either servile, as that of the
dou'lo", or more voluntary, as in the case of the
qeravpwn, to a person" Trench; yet cf. e. g. ; etc.).
dou'lo" opposed to
ejleuvqero", and correlate to
despovth" or
kuvrio