G1248 — διακονία (diakonía)

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Strong's G1248 (Greek)

Greek: διακονία (diakonía)

Pronunciation: dee-ak-on-ee'-ah

Derivation: from G1249;

Definition: attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate)

KJV Renderings: (ad-)minister(-ing, -tration, -try), office, relief, service(-ing)

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G1249 διάκονος diákonos probably from an obsolete διάκω (diákō) (to run on errands; compare G1377) an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess) deacon, minister, servant

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.