Deacon
6 references
- (Servant, waiter)
- (One charged with the temporal affairs of the local congregation)
- Selected by the people Acts 6:1-6
- Characteristics of 1 Tim. 3:8-13
- The Greek word (diakonos) translated "deacon" means servant, and is so translated in Matt. 23:11; John 12:26
- Also translated "minister," Mark 10:43; 1 Cor. 3:5; 1 Thess. 3:2
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.