The New Testament Greek Lexicon  Strong's Number:  1247 encodedOriginalWord Original Word Word Origin   διακονέω   from (1249) Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling   diakoneō   dee-ak-on-eh'-o MediaPlayer Parts of Speech TDNT   Verb   2:81,152  Definition   to be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon to minister to one, render ministering offices to to be served, ministered unto to wait at a table and offer food and drink to the guests, of women preparing food to minister i.e. supply food and necessities of life to relieve one's necessities (e.g. by collecting alms), to provide take care of, distribute, the things necessary to sustain life to take care of the poor and the sick, who administer the office of a deacon in Christian churches to serve as deacons to minister to attend to anything, that may serve another's interests to minister a thing to one, to serve one or by supplying any thing  Translated Words   KJV (37) - minister, 7; minister unto, 15; misc, 5; serve, 10; NAS (38) - administered, 1; administration, 1; cared, 1; contributing...support, 1; do...the serving, 1; employ...in serving, 1; minister, 3; ministered, 2; ministering, 3; servant, 1; serve, 4; serve as deacons, 1; served, 2; served as deacons, 1; serves, 5; services...rendered, 1; serving, 4; take care, 1; wait, 1; waited, 3;  Verse Count KJV NAS   Matthew 5 Mark 4 Luke 7 John 2 Acts 2 Romans 1 2 Corinthians 3 1 Timothy 2 2 Timothy 1 Philemon 1 Hebrews 1 1 Peter 3   Matthew 5 Mark 4 Luke 7 John 2 Acts 2 Romans 1 2 Corinthians 3 1 Timothy 2 2 Timothy 1 Philemon 1 Hebrews 1 1 Peter 3 Search This Resource   Choose a letter below to browse the alphabetical list: a b g d e z h q  i k l m n c o p  r s t u f x y w   Previous Next diakatelegchomai diakonia   Get The Fonts  Download Now!  · Windows Version  · MacIntosh Version  · Linux Version   How to Install …   Buy This Resource Thayer's $12.99  Shop All Greek Lexicons

Abbreviations Legend: TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament; Copyright Statement The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/. Bibliography Information Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Diakoneo". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1247>.