What does διάκονος · Χριστός mean in the Bible?
διάκονος · Χριστός is a Greek phrase meaning "servants or ministers belonging to Christ".
Greek · G1249, G5547
διάκονοι Χριστοῦ
Servant · anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
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διάκονος G1249 servant
Pronunciation diákonos
Servant defined by work performed rather than status held; emphasizes function over hierarchical position.
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Χριστός G5547 anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Pronunciation Christós
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What does διάκονοι Χριστοῦ (diakonoi Christou) mean in the Bible?
διάκονος · Χριστός is a Greek phrase meaning "servants or ministers belonging to Christ".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1249, G5547?
G1249, G5547 is connected to 29 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. servants or ministers belonging to Christ
Source Gloss
servants or ministers belonging to Christ
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 29 Case pattern Nominative (22) Number pattern Singular (17)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 20:26 · Matt 23:11 · Mark 9:35 · Mark 10:43 · John 12:26 · Rom 13:4 · Gal 2:17 · Eph 3:7 · Eph 6:21 · Col 1:7 · Col 1:23 · Col 1:25 · Col 4:7 · 1 Tim 4:6 15×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 2:9 · 1 Cor 3:5 · 2 Cor 6:4 · 2 Cor 11:15 · 2 Cor 11:23 · 1 Tim 3:12 7×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 22:13 · John 2:5 · Phil 1:1 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 2 Cor 3:6 · 1 Tim 3:8 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rom 15:8 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rom 16:1 1×
Word Origins
διάκονοι Χριστοῦ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain