[B-Greek] DIAKONOS
Ted Shoemaker
tedsmath at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 8 20:44:30 EDT 2003
Can someone please help me get a better understanding of DIAKONOS ?
My lexicon (Abbott-Smith, 1973) gives the following:
1. servant, attendant, minister
2. church officer (so in pre-Christian
times), a deacon
synonyms: DOULOS, QERATWN, hUPHRETHS.
All these imply relation to a person, in
distinction from which DIAKONOS represents
rather the servant in relation to his work.
Cf. also LEITOURGOS, OIKETHS.
Any help towards a better understanding would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
Ted Shoemaker
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