diakonia
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1248. diakonia

diakonia: service, ministry
Original Word: διακονία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: diakonia
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ak-on-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: waiting at table, service, ministration
Definition: waiting at table; in a wider sense: service, ministration.

Cognate: 1248 diakoníaministry; active service, done with a willing (voluntary) attitude. See 1249 (diakonos).

For the believer, 1248 /diakonía ("ministry") specifically refers to Spirit-empowered service guided by faith (4102 /pístis, "the Lord's inbirthed persuasion").

[Observe the close connection of faith (4102 /pístis) and 1248 (diakonía) in Ac 6:1-7,21:19,20; Ro 12:3,7; 1 Cor 16:13,15; Eph 4:12,13; 1 Tim 1:12,14; 2 Tim 4:5,7.]

Word Origin
from diakonos
Definition
service, ministry
NASB Word Usage
ministries (1), ministry (19), mission (1), preparations (1), relief (1), serve (1), service (7), serving (2), support (1).

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administration, office, service.

From diakonos; 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).

see GREEK diakonos

διακονοῦντες — 2 Occ.
διακονούντων — 1 Occ.
διακονοῦσαι — 1 Occ.
διηκονήσαμέν — 1 Occ.
διηκόνησεν — 1 Occ.
διηκόνει — 4 Occ.
διηκόνουν — 5 Occ.
διακονίᾳ — 10 Occ.
διακονίαν — 16 Occ.
διακονίας — 7 Occ.
διάκονοι — 7 Occ.
διακόνοις — 3 Occ.
διάκονον — 2 Occ.
διάκονος — 15 Occ.
διακόνους — 2 Occ.
διακόσιαι — 1 Occ.
διακοσίας — 2 Occ.
διακοσίων — 3 Occ.
διακοσίους — 2 Occ.
Διακούσομαί — 1 Occ.


Strong's Greek 1248
34 Occurrences


διακονίᾳ — 10 Occ.
διακονίαν — 16 Occ.
διακονίας — 7 Occ.
διακονιῶν — 1 Occ.

Luke 10:40 N-AFS
BIB: περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ
NAS: with all her preparations; and she came
KJV: about much serving, and came to him,
INT: about much service having come up moreover

Acts 1:17 N-GFS
BIB: κλῆρον τῆς διακονίας ταύτης
NAS: his share in this ministry.
KJV: part of this ministry.
INT: a part the ministry of this

Acts 1:25 N-GFS
BIB: τόπον τῆς διακονίας ταύτης καὶ
NAS: this ministry and apostleship
KJV: part of this ministry and apostleship,
INT: part of the ministry this and

Acts 6:1 N-DFS
BIB: ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ τῇ καθημερινῇ
NAS: in the daily serving [of food].
KJV: in the daily ministration.
INT: in the ministry daily

Acts 6:4 N-DFS
BIB: καὶ τῇ διακονίᾳ τοῦ λόγου
NAS: to prayer and to the ministry of the word.
KJV: and to the ministry of the word.
INT: and the ministry of the word

Acts 11:29 N-AFS
BIB: αὐτῶν εἰς διακονίαν πέμψαι τοῖς
NAS: to send [a contribution] for the relief of the brethren
KJV: to send relief unto
INT: of them for ministry to send to those

Acts 12:25 N-AFS
BIB: πληρώσαντες τὴν διακονίαν συμπαραλαβόντες Ἰωάννην
NAS: when they had fulfilled their mission, taking along
KJV: when they had fulfilled [their] ministry, and
INT: having fulfilled the mission having taken with [them] John

Acts 20:24 N-AFS
BIB: καὶ τὴν διακονίαν ἣν ἔλαβον
NAS: my course and the ministry which
KJV: and the ministry, which
INT: and the ministry which I received

Acts 21:19 N-GFS
BIB: διὰ τῆς διακονίας αὐτοῦ
NAS: the Gentiles through his ministry.
KJV: by his ministry.
INT: by the ministry of him

Romans 11:13 N-AFS
BIB: ἀπόστολος τὴν διακονίαν μου δοξάζω
NAS: of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
KJV: I magnify mine office:
INT: apostle the ministry of me I glorify

Romans 12:7 N-AFS
BIB: εἴτε διακονίαν ἐν τῇ
NAS: if service, in his serving; or
KJV: Or ministry, [let us wait] on
INT: or service in the

Romans 12:7 N-DFS
BIB: ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ εἴτε ὁ
NAS: service, in his serving; or
KJV: [let us wait] on [our] ministering: or
INT: in the service or he that

Romans 15:31 N-NFS
BIB: καὶ ἡ διακονία μου ἡ
NAS: in Judea, and [that] my service for Jerusalem
KJV: that my service which [I have] for
INT: and the service of me which [is]

1 Corinthians 12:5 N-GFP
BIB: καὶ διαιρέσεις διακονιῶν εἰσίν καὶ
NAS: And there are varieties of ministries, and the same
KJV: differences of administrations, but
INT: and varieties of services there are but

1 Corinthians 16:15 N-AFS
BIB: καὶ εἰς διακονίαν τοῖς ἁγίοις
NAS: themselves for ministry to the saints),
KJV: to the ministry of the saints,)
INT: and for service to the saints

2 Corinthians 3:7 N-NFS
BIB: δὲ ἡ διακονία τοῦ θανάτου
NAS: But if the ministry of death,
KJV: if the ministration of death,
INT: moreover the ministry of death

2 Corinthians 3:8 N-NFS
BIB: μᾶλλον ἡ διακονία τοῦ πνεύματος
NAS: how will the ministry of the Spirit
KJV: not the ministration of the spirit
INT: rather the ministry of the Spirit

2 Corinthians 3:9 N-NFS
BIB: γὰρ τῇ διακονία τῆς κατακρίσεως
NAS: For if the ministry of condemnation
KJV: if the ministration of condemnation
INT: indeed the ministry of condemnation [be]

2 Corinthians 3:9 N-NFS
BIB: περισσεύει ἡ διακονία τῆς δικαιοσύνης
NAS: more does the ministry of righteousness
KJV: more doth the ministration of righteousness
INT: abounds the ministry of righteousness

2 Corinthians 4:1 N-AFS
BIB: ἔχοντες τὴν διακονίαν ταύτην καθὼς
NAS: this ministry, as we received mercy,
KJV: this ministry, as
INT: having the ministry this as

2 Corinthians 5:18 N-AFS
BIB: ἡμῖν τὴν διακονίαν τῆς καταλλαγῆς
NAS: and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,
KJV: to us the ministry of reconciliation;
INT: to us the ministry of reconciliation

2 Corinthians 6:3 N-NFS
BIB: μωμηθῇ ἡ διακονία
NAS: so that the ministry will not be discredited,
KJV: any thing, that the ministry be not
INT: be blemished the ministry

2 Corinthians 8:4 N-GFS
BIB: κοινωνίαν τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς
NAS: of participation in the support of the saints,
KJV: [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to
INT: fellowship of the service which [was] for

2 Corinthians 9:1 N-GFS
BIB: γὰρ τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς
NAS: this ministry to the saints;
KJV: touching the ministering to
INT: indeed the service which [is] for

2 Corinthians 9:12 N-NFS
BIB: ὅτι ἡ διακονία τῆς λειτουργίας
NAS: For the ministry of this service
KJV: For the administration of this service
INT: Because the ministry of the service

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