διακονία diakonia

Greek word for “service” · Strong’s G1248 · used 34 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

διακονία, -ας, ἡ; (διάκονος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for diakonia in context, with how often each is used:

• ministry 19
• service 12
• distribution 1
• mission 1
• services 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Corinthians 3 (3), 2 Corinthians 9 (3), Acts 1 (2), Acts 6 (2), 2 Timothy 4 (2), Luke 10 (1), Acts 11 (1), Acts 12 (1), Acts 20 (1), Acts 21 (1)

Forms

• διακονίαν 16
• διακονίας 7
• διακονία 6
• διακονίᾳ 4
• διακονιῶν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with diakonia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 6
• Μάρκος Markos “Mark” 2
• μόνος monos “alone” 3
• πολύς polus “much” 4
• κοινωνία koinōnia “participation” 2
• χάρις charis “grace” 3
• δόξα doxa “glory” 3
• ἔργον ergon “work” 3
• περισσεύω perisseuō “to exceed” 2
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 3
• Ἰουδαία Ioudaia “Judea” 2
• οὐχί ouchi “not!” 2

Key verses

The verses using diakonia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 1:25 — That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
• Acts 6:1 — And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were…
• Acts 11:29 — Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa:
• Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received…
• 2 Corinthians 3:7 — But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses…
• 2 Corinthians 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
• 2 Corinthians 5:18 — And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
• 2 Corinthians 8:4 — Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
• Ephesians 4:12 — For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
• 1 Timothy 1:12 — And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
• 2 Timothy 4:5 — But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
• Hebrews 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.