Word study · lex.G1247
διακονέω diakoneō
serve · minister · wait on · care for needs
Team definition
A verb for serving or waiting on someone, including table service, and more generally for meeting another’s needs or supplying something. With a dative of person it means to serve that person. Rom 15:25 uses the participle of going to Jerusalem and serving the saints. A separate sense is serving in a recognized diaconal role. This entry does not decide which duties the Jerusalem service included.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 32
Matt 4:11Matt 8:15Matt 20:28Matt 25:44Matt 27:55Mark 1:13Mark 1:31Mark 10:45Mark 15:41Luke 4:39Luke 8:3Luke 10:40Luke 12:37Luke 17:8Luke 22:26Luke 22:27John 12:2John 12:26Acts 6:2Acts 19:22Rom 15:252 Cor 3:32 Cor 8:192 Cor 8:201 Tim 3:101 Tim 3:132 Tim 1:18Phlm 1:13Heb 6:101 Pet 1:121 Pet 4:101 Pet 4:11
Senses
1. serve or care for someone Rom 15:25, Matt 20:28
2. supply by ministration 1 Pet 4:10, 2 Cor 8:19
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. διακονέω (G1247)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G1247
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
Spain, sending on, and the Jerusalem service (15:22–33) Rom 15:22; Rom 15:23; Rom 15:24; Rom 15:25; Rom 15:26; Rom 15:27; Rom 15:28; Rom 15:29; Rom 15:30; Rom 15:31; Rom 15:32; Rom 15:33