{"def":{"short":"an attendant, i.e., (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon)","long":["one who executes the commands of another, especially of a master, a servant, attendant, minister",["the servant of a king","a deacon, one who, by virtue of the office assigned to him by the church, cares for the affairs of the church","a waiter, one who serves food and drink"]]},"deriv":"probably from an obsolete διάκω (to run on errands; compare G1377)","pronun":{"ipa":"ðiˈɑ.ko.nos","ipa_mod":"ðiˈɑ.kow.nows","sbl":"diakonos","dic":"thee-AH-koh-nose","dic_mod":"thee-AH-koh-nose"},"see":["G1377"]}