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διάκονος

Transliteration diakonos		Pronunciation dē-ä'-ko-nos (Key)
Part of Speech masculine/feminine noun		Root Word (Etymology) Probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands, cf διώκω (G1377))
TDNT Reference 2:88,152	Vines View Entry

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

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Strong's Number G1249 matches the Greek διάκονος (diakonos), which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in Eph of the Greek concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (Eph 3:7 - Eph 6:21)
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Eph 3:7	Whereof I was made a minister¹²⁴⁹, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Eph 6:21	But that ye also may know my affairs, [and] how I do , Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister¹²⁴⁹ in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

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