1247
From Textus Receptus
1247 διακονέω diakoneo dee-ak-on-eh’-o
AV-minister unto 15, serve 10, minister 7, misc 5; 37
- 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
- 1a) to minister to one, render ministering offices to
