Strong’s definition
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)
KJV gloss list in the source
deacon, minister, servant
Derivation recorded by Strong
probably from an obsolete (to run on errands; compare G1377 (διώκω));
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