GREEK

διάκονος G1249

diákonos

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));

King James Version Usage

deacon, minister, servant