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a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb dio (to flee; compare the base of 1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute:
KJV-- ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute (-ion), press forward.
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):
KJV-- deacon, minister, servant.