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διάκονος

Lemmaδιάκονος
Citation formδιάκονος, ου, ὁ/ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa waiter, servant, administrator
Strong’sG1249
Transliterationdiákonos
Definitionan 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)
KJV glosses:--deacon, minister, servant.
Derivationprobably from an obsolete (to run on errands; compare )
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