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διάκονος/diakonos

This word is a type of person. It is a noun.

• This word means servant or helper.

• This word sometimes is used to talk about an officer of the church whose job it is to care for people's needs.

This word means almost the same thing as δοῦλος (G1401), θεράπων (G2324), and ὑπηρέτης (G5257). All of these words speak of the relation of the servant to another person. However, διάκονος speak of the person in relation to the kind of work he does.