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Strong's Number G1247

διακονέω

diakoneo · dee-ak-on-eh'-o

Transliteration:

diakoneo{dee-ak-on-eh'-o}

Word Origin:

from 1249

TDNT:

2:81,152

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher); technically, to act as a Christian deacon

Usage in the KJV:

minister unto 3, serve 10, minister 20, misc 5

Total: 37
Occurs 37 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

) 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