(diakonos), servant; minister. Cognate words: διακονέω, διακονία. Heb. equiv. fr. LXX: נַ֫עַר (3×), שׁרת (1×) 35.20 (27) servant Mt 20:26; 22:13; 23:11; Mk 9:35; 10:43; John 2:5, 9; 12:26; Rom 13:4 (2); 15:8; 1 Co 3:5; 2 Co 3:6; 6:4; 11:15 (2), 23; Gal 2:17; Eph 3:7; 6:21; Col 1:7, 23, 25; 4:7; Poly 5.2 (2); Herm, S IX, xv, 4 53.67 (31) servant Rom 16:1; 1 Ti 4:6; Poly 5.3; deacon Phil 1:1; 1 Ti 3:8, 12; 1Cl 42.4, 5 (2); IEph 2.1; IMag 2.1; 6:1; 13:1; ITr 2.3 (2); 3:1; 7:2; IPhld, Salutation;