Probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands; compare dioko); 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.


see GREEK dioko

Textus Receptus Greek Text

diakonoiV
Matt 22:13, John 2:5, Php 1:1

diakonoi
John 2:9, 1 Cor 3:5, 2 Cor 6:4, 2 Cor 11:15, 2 Cor 11:15, 2 Cor 11:23, 1 Ti 3:12

diakonon
Rom 15:8, Rom 16:1, 1 Th 3:2

diakonoV
Matt 20:26, Matt 23:11, Mark 9:35, Mark 10:43, John 12:26, Rom 13:4, Rom 13:4, Gal 2:17, Eph 3:7, Eph 6:21, Col 1:7, Col 1:23, Col 1:25, Col 4:7, 1 Ti 4:6

diakonouV
2 Cor 3:6, 1 Ti 3:8

diakonou
Rom 16:27