- Transliteration: Diakonos

- Phonetic: dee-ak'-on-os

- Definition:

1. one who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant, minister

a. the servant of a king

b. a deacon, one who, by virtue of the office assigned to him by the church, cares for the poor and has charge of and distributes the money collected for their use

c. a waiter, one who serves food and drink

- Origin: probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands, cf G1377" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1377)

- TDNT entry: 03:28,2

- Part(s) of speech: Noun

- Strong's: Probably from διάκω diakō (obsolete to run on errands; compare G1377" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1377); an attendant that is (generally) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specifically a Christian teacher and pastor (technically a deacon or deaconess): - deacon minister servant.