Pronounced: dee-ak'-on-os

Probably from diako (obsolete, to run on errands; compare dioko [1377]); an attendant, that is, (generally) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specifically a Christian servant instructed in the word of Christ and able to teach others (technically a deacon or deaconess). “Deacon” is a transliteration, that is, the same Greek word phonetically transferred into English.

Occurs 30 times in 28 verses.

Entries following the reference are those used in the New Testament - Greek/English/Strong’s Interlinear.

1. Mt. 20:26 – servant

1. Mt. 22:13
2. Mt. 23:11
3. Mk. 9:35
4. Mk. 10:43
5. Jn. 2:5
6. Jn. 2:9
7. Jn. 12:26
8. Rom. 13:4
9. Rom. 15:8
10. Rom. 16:1
11. 1 Cor. 3:5
12. 2 Cor. 3:6
13. 2 Cor. 6:4
14. 2 Cor. 11:15
15. 2 Cor. 11:23
16. Gal. 2:17
17. Eph. 3:7
18. Eph. 6:21
19. Phlp. 1:1
20. Col. 1:7
21. Col. 1:23
22. Col. 1:25
23. Col. 4:7
24. 1 Ths. 3:2
25. 1 Tim. 3:8
26. 1 Tim. 3:12
27. 1 Tim. 4:6

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