1249  diakonos  dee-ak'-on-
os

 probably from an obsolete 
diako (to run on errands; 
compare 1377); an attendant, 
i.e. (genitive case) a waiter 
(at table or in other menial 
duties); specially, a 
Christian teacher and pastor 
(technically, a deacon or 
deaconess):--deacon, 
minister, servant.

 see GREEK for 1377