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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Minister, Civil
• Minister, Christian
Thompson Chain Reference
• Unfaithful Ministers
• Ministers
• Ministering Angels
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Titles and Names of Ministers
• Missionary Work by Ministers
• Ministers
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Assistant Minister
American Tract Society
• Minister
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Minister
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Ministry, Minister
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Minister
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Minister
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Minister
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Minister: Should Be a Nursing Father
• Minister: Self-Dissatisfaction of
• Minister: Need of Personal Tenderness
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Minister
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Minister, Ministration
• Minister Ministry
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Florentius, a Chief Minister of State at Constantinople
King James Dictionary
• Ministering
• Ministered
• Minister
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Minister
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Minister
• German Evangelical Protestant Ministers' Associati
• German Evangelical Ministers' Conference
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Minister
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Nourishment Ministered
• Ministering, Ministration, Ministry
• Minister
• Minister, Serve
Whyte's Bible Characters
• Timothy As a Young Minister
• Paul's Blamelessness As a Minister
Webster Dictionary
• Ministering
• Ministered
• Minister
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Minister
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Minister
• Prime Minister
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Minister
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Apparel of Ministers.
• Buckminster, Joseph, D.D., an Eminent Congregational Minister, Was Born at Rutland, Mass., Oct. 14
• Buckminster, Joseph, D.D., an Eminent Congregational Minister, Was Born at Rutland, Mass., Oct. 14, (2)
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Minister
Lexicons
• ܡܫܰܡܫܳܢܳܐ
• ܫܰܡܶܫ
Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Ministry, Minister
• διακονέω
• διακονία , δωροφορία
• διάκονος
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• כָּהַן
• כֹּהֵן
• פְּלַח
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The word commonly occurring in the O.T. is sharath, 'to minister, serve.' Joshua was Moses' minister. All God's hosts are called 'ministers of his, that do his pleasure,' and He maketh 'his ministers a flaming fire.' The priests were the ministers of Jehovah. Joshua 1:1; Psalm 103:21; Psalm 104:4; Joel 2:17 . In the N.T. three words are used.

1. διάκονος. See DEACON.

2. λειτουργός, a public servant,' one holding an official position. It is applied to the Lord; to angels; to Paul; and to magistrates. Romans 13:6; Romans 15:16; Hebrews 1:7 . Hebrews 8:2 .

3. ὑπηρέτης, lit. 'under-rower,' and so an 'attendant' on, or 'assistant ' to a superior authority. Luke 1:2; Luke 4:20; Acts 13:5; Acts 26:16; 1 Corinthians 4:1 . It is also translated 'officer' and 'servant.'