G1247 – diakoneo – διακονέω – to assist, minister

Strong’s ID:
G1247
Greek Word:
διακονέω
Transliteration:
diakoneō / diakoneo
Pronunciation:
dee-ak-on-eh’-o
Part of Speech:
verb
Etymology:
from
Usage Count:
37
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Find “diakoneo” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from ; to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or [figuratively] teacher); technically, to act as a Christian deacon:—(ad-) minister (unto), serve, use the office of a deacon.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon
1a) to minister to one, render ministering offices to
1a1) to be served, ministered unto
1b) to wait at a table and offer food and drink to the guests
1b1) of women preparing food
1c) to minister, i.e. supply food and necessities of life
1c1) to relieve one’s necessities (e.g. by collecting alms), to provide take care of, distribute, the things necessary to sustain life
1c2) to take care of the poor and the sick, who administer the office of a deacon
1c3) in Christian churches to serve as deacons
1d) to minister
1d1) to attend to anything, that may serve another’s interests
1d2) to minister a thing to one, to serve one or by supplying any thing

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.