Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
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Deacons
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1 Timothy 3:12
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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διάκονος
diákonos · dee-ak'-on-os
3 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess)
Strong's KJV usage: :--deacon, minister, servant.
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Strong's first: Philippians 1:1Strong's last: 1 Timothy 3:12
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Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
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Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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deacon
DE'ACON, noun [Gr., a minister or servant.]
1. A person in the lowest degree of holy orders. The office of deacon was instituted by the apostles, Acts 6:1, and seven persons were chosen at first, to serve at the feasts of christians and distribute bread and wine to the communicants, and to minister to the wants of the poor.
In the Romish Church, the office of the deacons is to incense the officiating priest; to lay the corporal on the altar; to receive the cup from the subdeacon and present it to the person officiating; to incense the choir; to receive the pax from the officiating prelate, and carry it to the subdeacon; and at the pontifical mass, to put the miter on the bishop's head.
In the church of England, the office of deacons is declared to be to assist the priest in administering the holy communion; and their office in presbyterian and independent churches is to distribute the bread and wine to the communicants. In the latter, they are elected by the members of the church.
2. In Scotland, an overseer of the poor, and the master of an incorporated company.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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