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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 doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering 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 was ministering to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:28 - even as the Son of Man did not come 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 shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister 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, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:31 - and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:45

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 Box Mar 15:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:41 - (who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:39 - and having stood over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her, and presently, having risen, she was ministering to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, 'Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - 'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8 - but will not rather say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:26 - but ye are not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:2 - they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:26 - if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me -- honour him will the Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, 'It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:22 - and having sent to Macedonia two of those ministering to him -- Timotheus and Erastus -- he himself stayed a time in Asia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:3 - manifested that ye are a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:19 - and not only so, but who was also appointed by vote by the assemblies, our fellow-traveller, with this favour that is ministered by us, unto the glory of the same Lord, and your willing mind;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:20 - avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this abundance that is ministered 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 minister, being unblameable.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:13 - for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:18 - may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

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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 labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and 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 us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, 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 one doth speak -- 'as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- 'as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.
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