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DEACON SYNONYMNS Servant, Slave, Minister, Steward, Attendant doulos - therapon - diakonos - oiketes - huperetes from 1210; to bind or fasten AV-servant 120, bond 6, bondman 1; 127 1) a slave, bondman, man of servile condition 1a) a slave 1b) metaph., one who gives himself up to another's will those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men 1c) devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests 2) a servant, attendant "doulos" is the usual word for slave, one who is permanently in servitude, in subjection to a master. 2324 therapon (ther-ap'-ohn) apparently a participle from an otherwise obsolete derivative of the base of 2330; AV-servant 1; 1 1) an attendant, servant: of God 1a) spoken of Moses discharging the duties committed to him by God "therapon" is simply one who renders service at a particular time, sometimes as a slave, more often as a freeman, who renders voluntary 1249 diakonos (dee-ak'-on-os) probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands, cf 1377); AV-minister 20, servant 8, deacon 3; 31 1) one who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant, minister 1a) the servant of a king 1b) a deacon, one who, by virtue of the office assigned to him by the church, cares for the poor and has charge of and distributes the money collected for their use 1c) a waiter, one who serves food and drink 3610 oiketes (oy-ket'-ace) from 3611; (to dwell) AV-servant 4, household servant 1; 5 1) one who lives in the same house as another, spoken of all who are under the authority of one and the same householder 1a) a servant, a domestic 5257 huperetes (hoop-ay-ret'-ace) from 5259 and a derivative of eresso (to row); AV-officer 11, minister 5, servant 4; 20 1) servant 1a) an underrower, subordinate rower 1b) any one who serves with hands: a servant 1b1) in the NT of the officers and attendants of magistrates as--of the officer who executes penalties 1b2) of the attendants of a king, servants, retinue, the soldiers of a king, of the attendant of a synagogue 1b3) of any one ministering or rendering service 1c) any one who aids another in any work 1c1) an assistant 1c2) of the preacher of the gospel
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