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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.
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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 leaveth 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 ministered to them.

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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 ministered to, but to minister, 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 will they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:55 - And many women were there (beholding at a distance) who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - And he was there 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 came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:45 - For even the son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to 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 other women who came with him to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:39 - And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:3 - And Joanna the 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 - But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them to sit down to eat, and will come forth and serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8 - And will not rather say to him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drank; and afterward 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 so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at table? but I am among you as he that serveth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:2 - There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:26 - If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:22 - So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

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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 Box 2Co 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:3 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:19 - And not that only, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:20 - Avoiding this, that no man 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 also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:13 - For they that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the 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 that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel:

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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 labor of love, which ye have shown towards his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

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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 us they ministered the things which are now reported to you by them that have preached the gospel to you, with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:11 - If any man speaketh let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man ministereth let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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