deacons

Define

Hebrew: no direct biblical office equivalent
- shamash (שַׁמָּשׁ) — in post-biblical Hebrew (Mishnaic/Talmudic), used for a synagogue attendant or servant with duties similar to a deacon; not found in the scripture as an office.
Greek: diakonos (διάκονος)
- servant, minister, one who serves or attends to the needs of others
- Deaconess - no separate Greek word exists; the feminine form is diakonos used with a female name or article. The same word diakonos is used for both male and female servants/ministers.

Matthew 20:26 – general servant
Matthew 22:13 – servants (attendants)
Matthew 23:11 – general servant
Mark 9:35 – general servant
Mark 10:43 – general servant
John 2:5 – servants (at wedding)
John 2:9 – servants (at wedding)
John 12:26 – servant of Christ
Romans 13:4 – authorities as God’s servants
Romans 15:8 – Christ as servant
Romans 16:1 – Phoebe, a diakonos of the church at Cenchreae (church office, female)
1 Corinthians 3:5 – Paul and Apollos as servants
2 Corinthians 3:6 – ministers of a new covenant
2 Corinthians 6:4 – servants of God
2 Corinthians 11:15 – false apostles as servants of righteousness
2 Corinthians 11:23 – Paul as servant of Christ
Galatians 2:17 – Christ as servant of sin? (rhetorical)
Ephesians 3:7 – Paul as servant of the gospel
Ephesians 6:21 – Tychicus, faithful servant
Philippians 1:1 – with the episkopoi and diakonoi (church office, male plural)
Colossians 1:7 – Epaphras, fellow servant
Colossians 1:23 – Paul as servant of the gospel
Colossians 1:25 – Paul as servant of the church
Colossians 4:7 – Tychicus, faithful servant
1 Timothy 3:8 – diakonoi must be dignified (church office, male plural)
1 Timothy 3:12 – diakonoi as husbands of one wife (church office, male)
1 Timothy 4:6 – good servant of Christ Jesus

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