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Lexicon :: Strong's G1247 - diakoneō

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διακονέω
Transliteration
diakoneō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-ak-on-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 2:81,152

Strong’s Definitions

διακονέω diakonéō, dee-ak-on-eh'-o; from G1249; to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher); technically, to act as a Christian deacon:—(ad-)minister (unto), serve, use the office of a deacon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's G1247 in the following manner: minister unto (15x), serve (10x), minister (7x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's G1247 in the following manner: minister unto (15x), serve (10x), minister (7x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon

    1. to minister to one, render ministering offices to

      1. to be served, ministered unto

    2. to wait at a table and offer food and drink to the guests,

      1. of women preparing food

    3. to minister i.e. supply food and necessities of life

      1. to relieve one's necessities (e.g. by collecting alms), to provide take care of, distribute, the things necessary to sustain life

      2. to take care of the poor and the sick, who administer the office of a deacon

      3. in Christian churches to serve as deacons

    4. to minister

      1. to attend to anything, that may serve another's interests

      2. to minister a thing to one, to serve one or by supplying any thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διακονέω diakonéō, dee-ak-on-eh'-o; from G1249; to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher); technically, to act as a Christian deacon:—(ad-)minister (unto), serve, use the office of a deacon.
STRONGS G1247:
διακονέω, -ῶ; imperfect διηκόνουν (as if the verb were compounded of διά and ἀκονέω, for the rarer and earlier form ἐδιακόνουν, cf. Buttmann, 35 (31); Ph. Bttm. Ausf. Spr. § 86 Anm. 6; Krüger, § 28, 14, 13); [future διακονήσω]; 1 aorist διηκόνησα (for the earlier ἐδιακόνησα); passive, present participle διακονούμενος; 1 aorist infinitive διακονηθῆναι, participle διακονηθείς; (διάκονος, which see); in Greek writings from [Sophocles], Herodotus down; to be a servant, attendant, domestic; to serve, wait upon;
1. universally: [absolutely ὁ διακονῶν, Luke 22:26]; with the dative of person to minister to one; render ministering offices to: John 12:26; Acts 19:22; Philemon 1:13; passive to be served, ministered unto (Winers Grammar, § 39, 1; [Buttmann, 188 (163)]): Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45.
2. Like the Latin ministrare, to wait at table and offer food and drink to the guests, [cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)]: with the dative of person, Matthew 4:11; Matthew 8:15; Mark 1:13, 31; Luke 4:39; Luke 12:37; Luke 17:8; absolutely ὁ διακονῶν, Luke 22:27; so also of women preparing food, Luke 10:40; John 12:2; (Menander quoted in Athen. 6 c. 46, p. 245 c.; Anacreon 4, 6; others; passive διακονεῖσθαι ὑπό τινος, Diodorus 5, 28; Philo, vit. contempl. § 9).
3. to minister, i. e. supply food and the necessaries of life: with the dative of person, Matthew 25:44; Matthew 27:55; Mark 15:41; διηκόνουν αὐτοῖς ἐκ (Rec. ἀπὸ) τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐταῖς, Luke 8:3; to relieve one's necessities (e. g. by collecting alms): Romans 15:25; Hebrews 6:10 τραπέζαις, to provide, take care of, distribute, the things necessary to sustain life, Acts 6:2. absolutely, those are said διακονεῖν, i. e. to take care of the poor and the sick, who administer the office of deacon (see διάκονος, 2) in the Christian churches, to serve as deacons: 1 Timothy 3:10, 13; 1 Peter 4:11 [many take this last example in a general rather than an official sense].
4. with the accusative of the thing, to minister, i. e. attend to, anything, that may serve another's interests: χάρις διακονουμένη ὑφ’ ἡμῶν, 2 Corinthians 8:19; [ἁδροτής, ibid. 20]; ὅσα διηκόνησε, how many things I owe to his ministration, 2 Timothy 1:18; ἐπιστολὴ διακονηθεῖσα ὑφ’ ἡμῶν, an epistle written, as it were, by our serving as amanuenses, 2 Corinthians 3:3. with the accusative of the thing and the dative of person, to minister a thing unto one, to serve one with or by supplying anything: 1 Peter 1:12; τὶ εἰς ἑαυτούς, i. e. εἰς ἀλλήλους, to one another, for mutual use, 1 Peter 4:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:11; 8:15; 20:28; 25:44; 27:55
Mark
1:13; 1:31; 10:45; 15:41
Luke
4:39; 8:3; 10:40; 12:37; 17:8; 22:26; 22:27
John
12:2; 12:26
Acts
6:2; 19:22
Romans
15:25
2 Corinthians
3:3; 8:19
1 Timothy
3:10; 3:13
2 Timothy
1:18
Philemon
1:13
Hebrews
6:10
1 Peter
1:12; 4:10; 4:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1247 matches the Greek διακονέω (diakoneō),
which occurs 37 times in 32 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:11 - Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 - and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and served him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:28 - as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:55 - And there were there many women beholding from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:31 - And he went up to her and raised her up, having taken her by the hand, and straightway the fever left her, and she served them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:45 - For also the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:41 - who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many others who came up with him to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:39 - And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and forthwith standing up she served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:3 - and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord on coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8 - But will he not say to him, Prepare what I shall sup on, and gird thyself and serve me that I may eat and drink; and after that *thou* shalt eat and drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - But *ye* shall not be thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For which is greater, he that is at table or he that serves? Is not he that is at table? But *I* am in the midst of you as the one that serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:2 - There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:26 - If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be *my* servant. And if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to them, said, It is not right that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:22 - And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:25 - but now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:3 - being manifested to be Christ's epistle ministered by us, written, not with ink, but the Spirit of the living God; not on stone tables, but on fleshy tables of the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:19 - and not only so, but is also chosen by the assemblies as our fellow-traveller with this grace, ministered by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and a witness of our readiness;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:20 - avoiding this, that any one should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:10 - And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:13 - for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:18 - the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that day -- and how much service he rendered in Ephesus *thou* knowest best.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:10 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:12 - To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves but to you they ministered those things, which have now been announced to you by those who have declared to you the glad tidings by the Holy Spirit, sent from heaven, which angels desire to look into.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of the various grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:11 - If any one speak -- as oracles of God; if any one minister -- as of strength which God supplies; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might for the ages of ages. Amen.
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