G1249 διάκονος (diákonos)

KJV renderings

deacon, minister, servant

Strong's definition

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)

Derivation

probably from an obsolete (to run on errands; compare G1377 (διώκω));

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