[B-Greek] DIAKONOS
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Oct 8 21:34:35 EDT 2003
At 5:44 PM -0700 10/8/03, Ted Shoemaker wrote:
>
>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.
It might help if you'd explain what it is about that definition that you
need help understanding.
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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