Pronounced: dee-ak'-on-os

Probably from diako (obsolete, to run on errands; compare dioko [1377]); an attendant, that is, (generally) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specifically a Christian servant instructed in the word of Christ and able to teach others (technically a deacon or deaconess). “Deacon” is a transliteration, that is, the same Greek word phonetically transferred into English.

Occurs 30 times in 28 verses.

Entries following the reference are those used in the New Testament - Greek/English/Strong’s Interlinear.

1. Mt. 20:26 – servant
   
2. Mk. 10:43 – servant
   
3. 2 Cor. 11:15 – ministers, servants
   
4. Eph. 3:7 – a servant
   
5. Eph. 6:21 – servant

1. Mt. 22:13 – @
   
2. Mt. 23:11 – @
   
3. Mk. 9:35 – @
   
4. Jn. 2:5 – @
   
5. Jn. 2:9 – @
   
6. Jn. 12:26 – @
   
7. Rom. 13:4 – @
   
8. Rom. 13:4 – @
   
9. Rom. 15:8 – @
   
10. Rom. 16:1 – @
    
11. 1 Cor. 3:5 – @
    
12. 2 Cor. 3:6 – @
    
13. 2 Cor. 6:4 – @
    
14. 2 Cor. 11:23 – @
    
15. Gal. 2:17 – @
    
16. Phlp. 1:1 – @
    
17. Col. 1:7 – @
    
18. Col. 1:23 – @
    
19. Col. 1:25 – @
    
20. Col. 4:7 – @
    
21. 1 Ths. 3:2 – @
    
22. 1 Tim. 3:8 – @
    
23. 1 Tim. 3:12 – @
    
24. 1 Tim. 4:6 – @

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