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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 - He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:28 - even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:55 - Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Yeshua from the Galil, serving him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Hasatan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were ministering to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:31 - He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:45 - For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:41 - who, when he was in the Galil, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:39 - He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:3 - and Yochanah, the wife of Kusa, Herod's steward; Shoshanah; and many others; who ministered to them from their possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Marta was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8 - and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:2 - So they made him a supper there. Marta served, but El'azar was one of those who sat at the table with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:26 - If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - The twelve summoned the multitude of the talmidim and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:22 - Having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:25 - But now, I say, I am going to Yerushalayim, serving the holy ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:3 - being revealed that you are a letter of Messiah, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:19 - Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:20 - We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:10 - Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as shammashim, if they are blameless.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:13 - For those who have served well as shammashim gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Messiah Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:18 - (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:10 - For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the holy ones, and still do serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:12 - To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Ruach HaKodesh sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - According as each has received a gift, be ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the grace of God in its various forms.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:11 - If any man speaks, let it be as it were oracles of God. If any man serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Yeshua the Messiah, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amein.
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