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Lexicon :: Strong's G1248 - diakonia

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διακονία
Transliteration
diakonia (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-ak-on-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:87,152

Strong’s Definitions

διακονία diakonía, dee-ak-on-ee'-ah; from G1249; attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate):—(ad-)minister(-ing, -tration, -try), office, relief, service(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G1248 in the following manner: ministry (16x), ministration (6x), ministering (3x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G1248 in the following manner: ministry (16x), ministration (6x), ministering (3x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. service, ministering, esp. of those who execute the commands of others

  2. of those who by the command of God proclaim and promote religion among men

    1. of the office of Moses

    2. of the office of the apostles and its administration

    3. of the office of prophets, evangelists, elders etc.

  3. the ministration of those who render to others the offices of Christian affection esp. those who help meet need by either collecting or distributing of charities

  4. the office of the deacon in the church

  5. the service of those who prepare and present food

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διακονία diakonía, dee-ak-on-ee'-ah; from G1249; attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate):—(ad-)minister(-ing, -tration, -try), office, relief, service(-ing).
STRONGS G1248:
διακονία, -ας, ἡ, (διάκονος), [from Thucydides, Plato down], service, ministering, especially of those who execute the commands of others;
1. universally: 2 Timothy 4:11; Hebrews 1:14.
2. of those who by the command of God proclaim and promote religion among men;
a. of the office of Moses: ἡ διακ. τοῦ θανάτου, concisely for the ministration by which the law is promulgated that threatens and brings death, 2 Corinthians 3:7; τῆς κατακρίσεως, the ministration by which condemnation is announced, ibid. 9.
b. of the office of the apostles and its administration: Acts 1:17, 25; Acts 20:24; Acts 21:19; Romans 11:13; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 6:3; 1 Timothy 1:12; τοῦ λόγου, Acts 6:4; τοῦ πνεύματος, the ministry whose office it is to cause men to obtain and be governed by the Holy Spirit, 2 Corinthians 3:8; τῆς δικαιοσύνης, by which men are taught how they may become righteous with God, ibid. 9; τῆς καταλλαγῆς, the ministry whose work it is to induce men to embrace the offered reconciliation with God, 2 Corinthians 5:18; πρὸς τὴν ὑμῶν διακονίαν, that by preaching the gospel I might minister unto you, 2 Corinthians 11:8.
c. of the ministration or service of all who, endowed by God with powers of mind and heart peculiarly adapted to this end, endeavor zealously and laboriously to promote the cause of Christ among men, as apostles, prophets, evangelists, elders, etc.: 1 Corinthians 12:5; Ephesians 4:12; 2 Timothy 4:5. What ministry is referred to in Colossians 4:17 is not clear.
3. the ministration of those who render to others the offices of Christian affection: 1 Corinthians 16:15; Revelation 2:19, especially of those who succor need by either collecting or bestowing benefactions [Acts 12:25]; the care of the poor, the supplying or distributing of charities (Luther uses Handreichung): Acts 6:1; 2 Corinthians 9:13; ἡ διακονία ἡ εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους, 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Corinthians 9:1; ἡ διακονία τῆς λειτουργίας, the ministration rendered through this λειτουργία, 2 Corinthians 9:12; πέμπειν εἰς διακονίαν τινί, to send a thing to one for the relief of his want [A. V. to send relief unto], Acts 11:29 (κομίζειν χρήματα πολλὰ εἰς διακονίαν τῶν χηρῶν, Acta Thomae § 56, p. 233, Tdf. edition); ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἰερουσαλ. "my ministration in bringing the money collected by me, a ministration intended for Jerusalem" (Fritzsche), Romans 15:31 [here L Tr marginal reading read ἡ δωροφορία... ἐν, etc.].
4. the office of deacon in the primitive church (see διάκονος, 2): Romans 12:7.
5. the service of those who prepare and present food: Luke 10:40 (as in Xenophon, oec. 7, 41).

Related entry:
δωροφορία, ας, ἡ, (δωροφόρος bringing gifts), the offering of a gift or of gifts: Romans 15:31 L Tr marginal reading cf. διακονία, 3. (Alciphr. 1, 6; Pollux 4, 47 [p. 371 Hemst. edition]; several times in ecclesiastical writings.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
10:40
Acts
1:17; 1:25; 6:1; 6:4; 11:29; 12:25; 20:24; 21:19
Romans
11:13; 12:7; 15:31; 15:31
1 Corinthians
12:5; 16:15
2 Corinthians
3:7; 3:8; 4:1; 5:18; 6:3; 8:4; 9:1; 9:12; 9:13; 11:8
Ephesians
4:12
Colossians
4:17
1 Timothy
1:12
2 Timothy
4:5; 4:11
Hebrews
1:14
Revelation
2:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1248 matches the Greek διακονία (diakonia),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - Martha autem satagebat circa frequens ministerium quae stetit et ait Domine non est tibi curae quod soror mea reliquit me solam ministrare dic ergo illi ut me adiuvet

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:17 - quia connumeratus erat in nobis et sortitus est sortem ministerii huius

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:25 - accipere locum ministerii huius et apostolatus de quo praevaricatus est Iudas ut abiret in locum suum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1 - in diebus autem illis crescente numero discipulorum factus est murmur Graecorum adversus Hebraeos eo quod dispicerentur in ministerio cotidiano viduae eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:4 - nos vero orationi et ministerio verbi instantes erimus

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:29 - discipuli autem prout quis habebat proposuerunt singuli eorum in ministerium mittere habitantibus in Iudaea fratribus

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:25 - Barnabas autem et Saulus reversi sunt ab Hierosolymis expleto ministerio adsumpto Iohanne qui cognominatus est Marcus

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:24 - sed nihil horum vereor nec facio animam pretiosiorem quam me dummodo consummem cursum meum et ministerium quod accepi a Domino Iesu testificari evangelium gratiae Dei

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:19 - quos cum salutasset narrabat per singula quae fecisset Deus in gentibus per ministerium ipsius

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:13 - vobis enim dico gentibus quamdiu quidem ego sum gentium apostolus ministerium meum honorificabo

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:7 - sive ministerium in ministrando sive qui docet in doctrina

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:31 - ut liberer ab infidelibus qui sunt in Iudaea et obsequii mei oblatio accepta fiat in Hierosolyma sanctis

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:5 - et divisiones ministrationum sunt idem autem Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:15 - obsecro autem vos fratres nostis domum Stephanae et Fortunati quoniam sunt primitiae Achaiae et in ministerium sanctorum ordinaverunt se ipsos

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - quod si ministratio mortis litteris deformata in lapidibus fuit in gloria ita ut non possent intendere filii Israhel in faciem Mosi propter gloriam vultus eius quae evacuatur

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:8 - quomodo non magis ministratio Spiritus erit in gloria

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:9 - nam si ministratio damnationis gloria est multo magis abundat ministerium iustitiae in gloria

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:1 - ideo habentes hanc ministrationem iuxta quod misericordiam consecuti sumus non deficimus

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:18 - omnia autem ex Deo qui reconciliavit nos sibi per Christum et dedit nobis ministerium reconciliationis

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:3 - nemini dantes ullam offensionem ut non vituperetur ministerium

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:4 - cum multa exhortatione obsecrantes nos gratiam et communicationem ministerii quod fit in sanctos

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:1 - nam de ministerio quod fit in sanctos ex abundanti est mihi scribere vobis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:12 - quoniam ministerium huius officii non solum supplet ea quae desunt sanctis sed etiam abundat per multas gratiarum actiones in Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:13 - per probationem ministerii huius glorificantes Deum in oboedientia confessionis vestrae in evangelium Christi et simplicitate communicationis in illos et in omnes

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:8 - alias ecclesias expoliavi accipiens stipendium ad ministerium vestrum

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:12 - ad consummationem sanctorum in opus ministerii in aedificationem corporis Christi

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:17 - et dicite Archippo vide ministerium quod accepisti in Domino ut illud impleas

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:12 - gratias ago ei qui me confortavit Christo Iesu Domino nostro quia fidelem me existimavit ponens in ministerio

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:5 - tu vero vigila in omnibus labora opus fac evangelistae ministerium tuum imple

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:11 - Lucas est mecum solus Marcum adsume et adduc tecum est enim mihi utilis in ministerium

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:14 - nonne omnes sunt administratorii spiritus in ministerium missi propter eos qui hereditatem capient salutis

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:19 - novi opera tua et caritatem et fidem et ministerium et patientiam tuam et opera tua novissima plura prioribus
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