diakonos · servant

What it means

diakonos (διάκονος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “servant”.

Someone who serves others; also deacon, a servant of the community.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One who serves others.
2. One who serves God in his work, also a deacon.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• servant ×17
• servants ×12

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• John×3
• Romans×4
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×5
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×2
• Philippians×1
• Colossians×4
• 1 Timothy×3

• Matthew 20:26

  It will not be so among you; but whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,

• Matthew 22:13

  Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind his feet and hands and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

• Matthew 23:11

  But the greatest among you will be your servant.

• Mark 9:35

  And sitting down, he called the Twelve and says to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.”

• Mark 10:43

  But it is not so among you; rather, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,

• John 2:5

  His mother says to the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”

• John 2:9

  When the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast calls the bridegroom

• John 12:26

  If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

• Romans 13:4

  for it is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is God’s servant, an avenger for wrath on the one who practices evil.

• Romans 15:8

  For I say that the Messiah has become a servant of the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

• Romans 16:1

  Now I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is also a servant of the assembly in Cenchreae,

• 1 Corinthians 3:5

  What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and as the Lord gave to each.

• 2 Corinthians 3:6

  who also made us sufficient to be servants of a new covenant, not of letter but of Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

• 2 Corinthians 6:4

  but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great perseverance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

• 2 Corinthians 11:15

  So it is no great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.

• 2 Corinthians 11:23

  Are they servants of the Messiah? —I am speaking as one out of his mind— I am more so: in labors far more, in imprisonments far more, in beatings beyond measure, in deaths often.

• Galatians 2:17

  But if, while seeking to be declared righteous in the Messiah, we ourselves were also found to be sinners, is the Messiah then a servant of sin? By no means!

• Ephesians 3:7

  of which I became a servant according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me according to the working of his power.

• Ephesians 6:21

  But so that you also may know my affairs, what I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you everything;

• Philippians 1:1

  Paul and Timothy, slaves of the Messiah Jesus, to all the saints in the Messiah Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

• Colossians 1:7

  just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of the Messiah on behalf of us,

• Colossians 1:23

  if indeed you continue in the faith, founded and steadfast and not shifting from the hope of the good news that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

• Colossians 1:25

  of which I became a servant according to the administration of God that was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

• Colossians 4:7

  Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you all the things concerning me.

• 1 Timothy 3:8

  Servants likewise must be honorable, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain,

• 1 Timothy 3:12

  Servants must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

• 1 Timothy 4:6

  By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of the Messiah Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

And 2 more times.