Strong G1248διακονία

service

Transliteration
diakonia
Pronunciation
dee-ak-on-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

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).

Detailed definition

διακονία, -ας, ἡ
(διάκονος), [in LXX for נַעַר, שָׁרַת pi.: Est.6:3, Est.6:5 A; 1Ma.11:58 *;]
the office and work of a διάκονος, service, ministry;
__(a) of domestic duties (Field, Notes, 63): Luk.10:40
__(b) spec. of religious ministration, and the exercise of ministerial functions in the Church: Act.1:17, 25 6:1, 4 11:29 12:25 20:24; 21:19, Rom.11:13 12:7 15:31, 1Co.16:15, 2Co.4:1 6:3 8:4 9:1, 13, Eph.4:12, Col.4:17, 1Ti.1:12, 2Ti.4:5, 11, Heb.1:14, Rev.2:19; δ. τ. θανάτου, 2Co.3:7; τ. πνεύματος, 2Co. 3:8; τ. κατακρίσεως, τ, δικαιοσύνης, 2Co. 3:9; τ. καταλλαγῆς, 2Co. 5:18; τ. λειτουργίας, 2Co. 9:12; with obj. genitive, τὴν ὑμῶν δ., ib. 11:8; pl., 1Co.12:5.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1248 appears in 32 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ministry16
  • ministration5
  • service3
  • administration2
  • ministering2
  • minister2
  • office1
  • relief1
  • serving1

First verses

  1. Luke 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.
  2. Acts 1:17
    For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
  3. Acts 1:25
    That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
  4. Acts 6:1
    And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
  5. Acts 6:4
    But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
  6. Acts 11:29
    Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea:
  7. Acts 12:25
    And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
  8. Acts 20:24
    But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
  9. Acts 21:19
    And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
  10. Romans 11:13
    For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
  11. Romans 12:7
    Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
  12. Romans 15:31
    That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
  13. 1 Corinthians 12:5
    And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
  14. 1 Corinthians 16:15
    I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
  15. 2 Corinthians 3:7
    But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
  16. 2 Corinthians 3:8
    How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
  17. 2 Corinthians 3:9
    For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
  18. 2 Corinthians 4:1
    Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
  19. 2 Corinthians 5:18
    And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
  20. 2 Corinthians 6:3
    Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διᾱκον-ία, ἡ,
service, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.133 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371c, etc.; οὔκ ἐστι ταῦτ᾽ ἀρχή, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιμέλειά τις καὶ δ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.13.)]
2 attendance on a duty, ministration, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.206)]; ἡ δ. ἡ καθημερινή, of ministering to external wants, [NT (NT.Act.6.1; but also ἡ δ. τοῦ λόγου [prev. work] 4, compare 1.17, etc.)]
II body of servants or attendants, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.25.21.)]
III instruments of service, ={διακόνημα}[Refs 4th c.BC+ (11, 4th c.BC: Moschio Tragicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.208b.)]