1249 - diakonos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: διάκονος
Transliteration: diakonos
Definition (short): servant
Definition (full): a servant, minister

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain origin
Definition: a servant, minister
NASB Translation: deacons (3), minister (7), servant (10), servants (9).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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

References

Strong's 1249: 29 Occurrences
KJV: But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
NASB: "It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,
KJV: Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
NASB: "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
KJV: But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
NASB: "But the greatest among you shall be your servant.
KJV: And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
NASB: Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
KJV: But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
NASB: "But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;