Quick Definition
διακονία, ας, ἡ n.f. waiting at table, service, ministration
Strong's Definition
from 1249; attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate)
KJV Usage: (ad-)minister(-ing, -tration, -try), office, relief, service(-ing)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | διακονέω
35.19 · Help, Care For · Serve
to serve, to render service, to help, service, help to render assistance or help by performing certain duties, often of a humble or menial nature In some languages it is essential in communicating the concept of ‘service’ to introduce a specific reference to ‘a servant,’ for example, ‘to help as a servant’ or ‘to assist as one who must,’ and in some contexts it may be useful to employ a phrase such as ‘to help in small things’ or ‘to do the low tasks.’
In rendering ‘your service’ in REV 2:19, it may be necessary to say ‘how you help others’ or ‘how you serve others.’
ROM 12:7 · ROM 15:31 · 2CO 11:8 · EPH 4:12 · 2TI 4:11 · HEB 1:14 · REV 2:19
35.21 · Help, Care For · Serve
ministry, task (derivative of διακονέω[a] ‘to serve,’ 35.19) the role or position of serving
ACT 1:17 · ACT 1:25 · ACT 6:4 · ACT 20:24 · ACT 21:19 · ROM 11:13 · ROM 12:7 · ROM 12:7 · 1CO 12:5 · 1CO 16:15 · 2CO 3:7 · 2CO 3:8 · 2CO 3:9 · 2CO 3:9 · 2CO 4:1 · 2CO 5:18 · 2CO 6:3 · 2CO 8:4 · COL 4:17 · 1TI 1:12 · 2TI 4:5 · HEB 1:14
35.38 · Help, Care For · Care For, Take Care Of
provision for taking care of, arrangement for support a procedure for taking care of the needs of people For another interpretation of διακονία in ACT 6:1, see 57.119.
46.13 · Household Activities
to serve, to wait upon to serve food and drink to those who are eating
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διακονία diakonia 34x
serving, service, waiting, attendance, the act of rendering friendly offices, Lk. 10:40; 2 Tim. 4:11; Heb. 1:14; relief, aid, Acts 6:1; 11:29; 2 Cor. 8:4; 9:1, 12, 13; a commission, Acts 12:25; Rom. 15:31; a commission or ministry in the service of the Gospel, Acts 1:17, 25; 20:24; Rom. 11:13; 2 Cor. 4:1; 5:18; 1 Tim. 1:12; service in the Gospel, Acts 6:4; 21:19; 1 Cor. 16:15; 2 Cor. 6:3; 11:8; Eph. 4:12; Rev. 2:19; a function, ministry, or office in the Church, Rom. 12:7; 1 Cor. 12:5; Col. 4:17; 2 Tim. 4:5; a ministering in the conveyance of a revelation from God, 2 Cor. 3:7, 8, 9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
διακονία, -ας, ἡ
(< διάκονος), [in LXX for נַעַר, שָׁרַת pi.: Es 6:3, 5 A; I Mac 11:58 * ;]
the office and work of a διάκονος, service, ministry;
of domestic duties (Field, Notes, 63): Lk 10:40
spec. of religious ministration, and the exercise of ministerial functions in the Church: Ac 1:17, 25 6:1, 4 11:29 12:25 20:24; 21:19, Ro 11:13 12:7 15:31, I Co 16:15, II Co 4:1 6:3 8:4 9:1, 13, Eph 4:12, Col 4:17, I Ti 1:12, II Ti 4:5, 11, He 1:14, Re 2:19; δ. τ. θανάτου, II Co 3:7; τ. πνεύματος, ib. 8; τ. κατακρίσεως, τ, δικαιοσύνης, ib. 9; τ. καταλλαγῆς, ib. 5:18; τ. λειτουργίας, ib. 9:12; c. obj. gen., τὴν ὑμῶν δ., ib. 11:8; pl., I Co 12:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διακονία. The very interesting parallel in Plutarch for Lk 10%, given by Field, Votes, p. 63, should not be missed. We are unable to quote the word from papyri before vi/A.D.: like διάκονος itself and the verb, it seems to have been somewhat literary except in an almost technical use, which brought it into common speech.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διακονία (diakonia) — service. διᾱκον-ία, ἡ, service, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. attendance on a duty, ministration, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ δ. ἡ καθημερινή, of ministering to external wants, [NT]
II. body of servants or attendants, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III. instruments of service, ={διακόνημα}[Refs 4th c.BC+]