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1 DEACON; DEACONESS -- rank: 1000

DEACON; DEACONESS definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia de'-k'-n, de'-k ... sister, who is a servant (the Revised Version, margin "or, deaconess") of the church that is at Cenchrea" (Ro 16:1 ... is by many taken as referring to an officially appointed deaconess; but the fact that there is in the earlier group ...

2 Deaconess -- rank: 983

Deaconess definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DE'ACONESS, n. A female ... s. Etymology: DEACON, after LL diaconissa Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deaconess Dea"con*ess, n. (Eccl.) A female deacon; as: (a ...

3 Woman -- rank: 461

... in the church. Phoebe (Ro 16:1) was evidently a deaconess, whom Paul terms "a servant of the church," "a helper ... order, the term diakonos, being specifically applied to Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchrea. The women of 1Ti 3 ... revises the entire historic conception and attitude of mankind. See DEACONESS. V. Later Times. 1. Changes in Character and Condition: Tertullian ...

4 Romans, Epistle to the -- rank: 364

... Paul, and a Corinthian. He commends to the Romans the deaconess Phoebe, attached to "the church at Cenchrea" (16:1), presumably ... A good opportunity for safe communication was offered by the deaconess Phoebe's proposed visit to the metropolis. She doubtless asked ...

5 1MA1 -- rank: 230

... County MIDDLESEX County State MA City Name AYER Full Name DEACONESS NASHOBA HOSPITAL Owner Type PR Facility Use PR Facility City ...

6 16IN -- rank: 230

... County VANDERBURGH County State IN City Name EVANSVILLE Full Name DEACONESS HOSPITAL Owner Type PR Facility Use PR Facility City, State ...

7 Reader -- rank: 230

... chief, copy editor, copyholder, copyman, copyreader, correspondent, cub reporter, deacon, deaconess, diaconus, diaskeuast, digital graph plotter, discourser, diseur, diseuse, doorkeeper, editor ...

8 Phebe -- rank: 230

... Hitchcock Bible Dictionary shining; pure Easton's Bible Dictionary a "deaconess of the church at Cenchrea," the port of Corinth. She ...

9 Phoebe -- rank: 230

... Greek word translated "servant" is diakonos. "Servant" is vague, and "deaconess" is too technical. In the later church there was an ...

10 lector -- rank: 230

... anagnost, beadle, bedral, capitular, capitulary, choir chaplain, churchwarden, clerk, deacon, deaconess, diaconus, doorkeeper, elder, elderman, exorcist, exorcista, holy orders, homilist, lay ...

11 Lecturer -- rank: 230

... bedral, capitular, capitulary, chalk talker, choir chaplain, churchwarden, clerk, deacon, deaconess, discourser, elder, elderman, emeritus, expositor, expounder, homilist, instructor, lay elder ...

12 MT55 -- rank: 230

... County YELLOWSTONE County State MT City Name BILLINGS Full Name DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER OF BILLINGS INC Owner Type PR Facility Use ...

13 Elder -- rank: 230

... conservative, councillor, councilman, councilwoman, county commissioner, county supervisor, dad, deacon, deaconess, dean, dignitary, dignity, doctor, dodo, dotard, doyen, doyenne, earlier, early ...

14 Deaconship -- rank: 230

... ship, n. The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

15 diaconate -- rank: 230

... the office or period of office of a deacon or deaconess 2. an official body of deacons Oxford Reference Dictionary n ...