Strong's Lexicon
G1247 — διακονέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1247 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διακονέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1249 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 37 |
| Transliteration: | diakoneo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-ak-on-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be an attendant, to wait upon (menially or as a host, friend) 2. (figuratively) to serve as a teacher 3. (technically) to act as a Christian steward (deacon) |
| KJV Renderings: | (ad-)minister (unto), serve, use the office of a deacon |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διακονέω, διακόνῳ; imperfect διηκόνουν (as if the verb were compounded of διά and ἀκονέω, for the rarer and earlier form ἐδιακονουν, cf. Buttmann, 35 (31); Ph. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. § 86 Anm. 6; Krüger, § 28, 14, 13); (future διακονήσω); 1 aorist διηκόνησα (for the earlier ἐδιακόνησα); passive, present participle διακονουμενος; 1 aorist infinitive διακονηθῆναι, participle διακονηθεις; (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, Luk 22:26); with the dative of person to minister to one; render ministering offices to: Joh 12:26; Act 19:22; Phm 1:13; passive to be served, ministered unto (Winers Grammar, § 39, 1; (Buttmann, 188 (163))): Mat 20:28; Mar 10:45.
2. Like the Latinministrare, to wait at table and offer food and drink to the guests, (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 593 (552)): with the dative of person, Mat 4:11; Mat 8:15; Mar 1:13; Mar 1:31; Luk 4:39; Luk 12:37; Luk 17:8; absolutely ὁ διακονῶν, Luk 22:27; so also of women preparing food, Luk 10:40; Joh 12:2; (Menander quoted in Athen. 6 c. 46, p. 245 c.; Anacreon () 4, 6; others; passive διακονεῖσθαι ὑπό τίνος, Diodorus 5, 28; Philo, vit. contempl. § 9).
3. to minister, i. e. supply food and the necessaries of life: with the dative of person, Mat 25:44; Mat 27:55; Mar 15:41; διηκόνουν αὐτοῖς ἐκ: (Rec. ἀπό) τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐταῖς, Luk 8:3; to relieve one’s necessities (e. g. by collecting alms): Rom 15:25; Heb 6:10 τραπέζαις, to provide, take care of, distribute, the things necessary to sustain life, Act 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: 1Ti 3:10; 1Ti 3:13; 1Pe 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 διακονουμένῃ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν, 2Co 8:19; (ἁδρότης, ibid. 20); ὅσα διηκόνησε, how many things I owe to his ministration, 2Ti 1:18; ἐπιστολή διακονηθεῖσα ὑφ’ ἡμῶν, an epistle written, as it were, by our serving as amanuenses, 2Co 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: 1Pe 1:12; τί εἰς ἑαυτούς, i. e. εἰς ἀλλήλους, to one another, for mutual use, 1Pe 4:10.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
διακονέω ((ad-)minister (unto))
Matthew 4:11
- KJV: Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministered unto him
- GK: τότε αφίησιν αυτόν ο διάβολος και ιδού άγγελοι προσήλθον και διηκόνουν αυτώ
Matthew 8:15
- KJV: And he touched her hand and the fever left her and she arose and ministered unto them
- GK: και ήψατο της χειρός αυτής και αφήκεν αυτήν ο πυρετός και ηγέρθη και διηκόνει αυτοίς
Matthew 20:28
- KJV: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many
- GK: ώσπερ ο υιός του ανθρώπου ουκ ήλθε διακονηθήναι αλλά διακονήσαι και δούναι την ψυχήν αυτού λύτρον αντί πολλών
Matthew 25:44
- KJV: Then shall they also answer him saying Lord when saw we thee an hungred or athirst or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee
- GK: τότε αποκριθήσονται αυτώ και αυτοί λέγοντες κύριε πότε σε είδομεν πεινώντα η διψώντα η ξένον η γυμνόν η ασθενή η εν φυλακή και ου διηκονήσαμέν σοι
Matthew 27:55
- KJV: And many women were there beholding afar off which followed Jesus from Galilee ministering unto him
- GK: ήσαν δε εκεί γυναίκες πολλαί από μακρόθεν θεωρούσαι αίτινες ηκολούθησαν τω Ιησού από της Γαλιλαίας διακονούσαι αυτώ
Mark 1:13
- KJV: And he was there in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan and was with the wild beasts and the angels ministered unto him
- GK: και ην εκεί εν τη ερήμω ημέρας τεσσαράκοντα πειραζόμενος υπό του σατανά και ην μετά των θηρίων και οι άγγελοι διηκόνουν αυτώ
Mark 1:31
- KJV: And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up and immediately the fever left her and she ministered unto them
- GK: και προσελθών ήγειρεν αυτήν κρατήσας της χειρός αυτής και αφήκεν αυτήν ο πυρετός ευθέως και διηκόνει αυτοίς
Mark 10:45
- KJV: For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many
- GK: και γαρ ο υιός του ανθρώπου ουκ ήλθε διακονηθήναι αλλά διακονήσαι και δούναι την ψυχήν αυτού λύτρον αντί πολλών
Mark 15:41
- KJV: Who also when he was in Galilee followed him and ministered unto him and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem
- GK: αι και ότε ην εν τη Γαλιλαία ηκολούθουν αυτώ και διηκόνουν αυτώ και άλλαι πολλαί αι συναναβάσαι αυτώ εις Ιεροσόλυμα
Luke 4:39
- KJV: And he stood over her and rebuked the fever and it left her and immediately she arose and ministered unto them
- GK: και επιστάς επάνω αυτής επετίμησε τω πυρετώ και αφήκεν αυτήν παραχρήμα δε αναστάσα διηκόνει αυτοίς
Luke 8:3
- KJV: And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward and Susanna and many others which ministered unto him of their substance
- GK: και Ιωάννα γυνή Χουζά επιτρόπου Ηρώδου και Σουσάννα και έτεραι πολλαί αίτινες διηκόνουν αυτώ από των υπαρχόντων
Luke 10:40
- KJV: 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
- GK: η δε Μάρθα περιεσπάτο περί πολλήν διακονίαν επιστάσα δε είπε κύριε ου μέλει σοι ότι η αδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπε διακονείν είπε ούν αυτή ίνα μοι συναντιλάβηται
Luke 12:37
- KJV: Blessed those servants whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat and will come forth and serve them
- GK: μακάριοι οι δούλοι εκείνοι ους ελθών ο κύριος ευρήσει γρηγορούντας αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι περιζώσεται και ανακλινεί αυτούς και παρελθών διακονήσει αυτοίς
Luke 17:8
- KJV: And will not rather say unto him Make ready wherewith I may sup and gird thyself and serve me till I have eaten and drunken and afterward thou shalt eat and drink
- GK: αλλ΄ ουχί ερεί αυτώ ετοίμασον τι δειπνήσω και περιζωσάμενος διακόνει μοι έως φάγω και πίω και μετά ταύτα φάγεσαι και πίεσαι συ
Luke 22:26
- KJV: But ye not so but he that is greatest among you let him be as the younger and he that is chief as he that doth serve
- GK: υμείς δε ουχ ούτως αλλ΄ ο μείζων εν υμίν γενέσθω ως ο νεώτερος και ο ηγούμενος ως ο διακονών
Luke 22:27
- KJV: For whether greater he that sitteth at meat or he that serveth not he that sitteth at meat but I am among you as he that serveth
- GK: τις γαρ μείζων ο ανακείμενος η ο διακονών ουχί ο ανακείμενος εγώ δε ειμι εν μέσω υμών ως ο διακονών
John 12:2
- KJV: There they made him a supper and Martha served but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him
- GK: εποίησαν ούν αυτώ δείπνον εκεί και η Μάρθα διηκόνει ο δε Λάζαρος εις ην των ανακειμένων αυτώ
John 12:26
- KJV: If any man serve me let him follow me and where I am there shall also my servant be if any man serve me him will Father honour
- GK: εάν εμοί διακονή τις εμοί ακολουθείτω και όπου ειμί εγώ εκεί και ο διάκονος ο εμός έσται και εάν τις εμοί διακονή τιμήσει αυτόν ο πατήρ
Acts 6:2
- KJV: Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples and said It is not reason that we should leave the word of God serve tables
- GK: προσκαλεσάμενοι δε οι δώδεκα το πλήθος των μαθητών είπον ουκ αρεστόν εστιν ημάς καταλείψαντος τον λόγον του θεού διακονείν τραπέζαις
Acts 19:22
- KJV: So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him Timotheus and Erastus but he himself stayed in Asia for a season
- GK: αποστείλας δε εις την Μακεδονίαν δύο των διακονούντων αυτώ Τιμόθεον και Έραστον αυτός επέσχε χρόνον εις την Ασίαν
Romans 15:25
- KJV: But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints
- GK: νυνί δε πορεύομαι εις Ιερουσαλήμ διακονών τοις αγίοις
2 Corinthians 3:3
- KJV: manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the heart
- GK: φανερούμενοι ότι εστέ επιστολή χριστού διακονηθείσα υφ΄ ημών εγγεγραμμένη ου μέλανι αλλά πνεύματι θεού ζώντος ουκ εν πλαξί λιθίναις αλλ΄ εν πλαξί καρδίας σαρκιναίς
2 Corinthians 8:19
- KJV: And not only but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord and your ready mind
- GK: ου μόνον δε αλλά και χειροτονηθείς υπό των εκκλησιών συνέκδημος ημων συν τη χάριτι ταυτη τη διακονουμένη υφ΄ ημών προς την αυτού του κυρίου δόξαν και προθυμίαν υμών
2 Corinthians 8:20
- KJV: Avoiding this that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us
- GK: στελλόμενοι τούτο μη τις ημάς μωμήσηται εν τη αδρότητι ταύτη τη διακονουμένη υφ΄ ημών
1 Timothy 3:10
- KJV: And let these also first be proved then let them use the office of a deacon being blameless
- GK: και ούτοι δε δοκιμαζέσθωσαν πρώτον είτα διακονείτωσαν ανέγκλητοι όντες
1 Timothy 3:13
- KJV: For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus
- GK: οι γαρ καλώς διακονήσαντες βαθμόν εαυτοίς καλόν περιποιούνται και πολλήν παρρησίαν εν πίστει τη εν χριστώ Ιησού
2 Timothy 1:18
- KJV: The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus thou knowest very well
- GK: δώη αυτώ ο κύριος ευρείν έλεος παρά κυρίου εν εκείνη τη ημέρα και όσα εν Εφέσω διηκόνησε βέλτιον συ γινώσκεις
Philemon 1:13
- KJV: Whom I would have retained with me that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel
- GK: ον εγώ εβουλόμην προς εμαυτόν κατέχειν ίνα υπέρ σου διακονή μοι εν τοις δεσμοίς του ευαγγελίου
Hebrews 6:10
- KJV: For God not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed toward his name in that ye have ministered to the saints and do minister
- GK: ου γαρ άδικος ο θεός επιλαθέσθαι του έργου υμών και του κόπου της αγάπης ης ενεδείξασθε εις το όνομα αυτού διακονήσαντες τοις αγίοις και διακονούντες
1 Peter 1:12
- KJV: Unto whom it was revealed that not unto themselves but unto us they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven which things the angels desire to look into
- GK: οις απεκαλύφθη ότι ουχ εαυτοίς ημίν δε διηκόνουν αυτά α νυν ανηγγέλη υμίν διά των ευαγγελισαμένων υμάς εν πνεύματι αγίω αποσταλέντι απ΄ ουρανού εις α επιθυμούσιν άγγελοι παρακύψαι