What does ἁμαρτία · διάκονος mean in the Bible?
ἁμαρτία · διάκονος is a Greek phrase meaning "servant or agent of sin".
Greek · G266, G1249
ἁμαρτίας διάκονος
A sin (properly abstract) · servant
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ἁμαρτίαG266a sin (properly abstract)
Pronunciationhamartía
Open lexicon entry →διάκονοςG1249servant
Pronunciationdiákonos
Servant defined by work performed rather than status held; emphasizes function over hierarchical position.
Open lexicon entry →What does ἁμαρτίας διάκονος (hamartias diakonos) mean in the Bible?
ἁμαρτία · διάκονος is a Greek phrase meaning "servant or agent of sin".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G266, G1249?
G266, G1249 is connected to 172 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. servant or agent of sin
Source Gloss
servant or agent of sin
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 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 patterns8Aligned forms172Case patternGenitive (65)Number patternSingular (96)
Nominative · Singular · FeminineMatt 12:31 · John 9:41 · Rom 5:12 · Rom 5:13 · Rom 5:20 · Rom 5:21 · Rom 6:12 · Rom 6:14 · Rom 7:7 · Rom 7:8 · Rom 7:9 · Rom 7:11 · Rom 7:13 · Rom 7:17 · Rom 7:20 · Rom 14:2328×
Nominative · Plural · FeminineMatt 9:2 · Matt 9:5 · Mark 2:5 · Mark 2:9 · Luke 5:20 · Luke 5:23 · Luke 7:47 · Luke 7:48 · Rom 4:7 · 1 Tim 5:24 · 1 John 2:12 · Rev 18:512×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineJohn 8:34 · John 8:46 · John 15:22 · John 16:8 · John 16:9 · Rom 3:20 · Rom 5:12 · Rom 6:6 · Rom 6:7 · Rom 6:16 · Rom 6:17 · Rom 6:18 · Rom 6:20 · Rom 6:22 · Rom 6:23 · Rom 7:2334×
Genitive · Plural · FeminineMatt 1:21 · Matt 26:28 · Mark 1:4 · Luke 1:77 · Luke 3:3 · Luke 24:47 · Acts 2:38 · Acts 5:31 · Acts 10:43 · Acts 13:38 · Acts 26:18 · Rom 7:5 · 1 Cor 15:3 · Gal 1:4 · Col 1:14 · Heb 1:331×
Dative · Plural · FeminineJohn 8:24 · John 9:34 · 1 Cor 15:17 · Eph 2:1 · 1 Tim 5:22 · 2 Tim 3:6 · 1 Pet 2:24 · Rev 18:49×
Dative · Singular · FeminineJohn 8:21 · Rom 6:1 · Rom 6:2 · Rom 6:6 · Rom 6:10 · Rom 6:11 · Rom 6:137×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineJohn 1:29 · John 8:34 · John 9:41 · John 15:22 · John 15:24 · John 19:11 · Acts 7:60 · Rom 3:9 · Rom 4:8 · Rom 7:7 · Rom 7:14 · Rom 8:3 · Rom 8:10 · 2 Cor 5:21 · 2 Cor 11:7 · Gal 3:2227×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineMatt 3:6 · Matt 9:6 · Mark 1:5 · Mark 2:7 · Mark 2:10 · Luke 5:21 · Luke 5:24 · Luke 7:49 · Luke 11:4 · John 20:23 · Acts 3:19 · Acts 22:16 · Rom 11:27 · 1 Thess 2:16 · Heb 2:17 · Heb 9:2824×
Word Origins
ἁμαρτίας διάκονος is built from this root: