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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.
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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:11 - Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 - He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:28 - just as the Son of Man did not come 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 too will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:55 - Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:31 - He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:41 - When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:39 - So he stood over her, commanded the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:3 - and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod's household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8 - Won't the master instead say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink'?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:2 - So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:26 - If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:22 - So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:25 - But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:3 - revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:19 - In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:20 - We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:10 - And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:13 - For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:18 - May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:10 - For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:12 - They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven - things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:11 - Whoever speaks, let it be with God's words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
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