G1249 — διάκονος

diakonos (dee-ak'-on-os) n. 1. an attendant, a servant 2. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties) 3. (specially) a male Christian serving in a specific function and post (i.e. tending the widows and the poor, teaching, pastoring, etc) [probably from an obsolete diako "to run on errands"] KJV: deacon, minister, servant Compare: G1377