1249.  Strong's Dictionary Study



1249. diakonos {dee-ak'-on-os}; probably from  an obsolete diako 
(to run on errands; compare 1377); 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): --deacon, minister, servant.[ql



 

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