Sources & method
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Deacon
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- (Servant, waiter)
- (One charged with the temporal affairs of the local congregation)
- Selected by the people Acts 6:1–6
- Characteristics of 1 Timothy 3:8–13
- The Greek word (diakonos) translated "" means servant, and is so translated in Matthew 23:11John 12:26
- Also translated "minister," Mark 10:431 Corinthians 3:51 Thessalonians 3:2