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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

διακονία

Lemmaδιακονία
Citation formδιακονία, ας, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glosswaiting at table, service, ministration
Strong’sG1248
Transliterationdiakonía
Definitionattendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate)
KJV glosses:--(ad-)minister(-ing, -tration, -try), office, relief, service(-ing).
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences32

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
διακονία
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Romans 15:31
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 3:7
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 3:8
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 3:9
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 6:3
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 9:12
διακονίᾳ
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Acts 6:1
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Acts 6:4
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Romans 12:7
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 2 Corinthians 3:9
διακονίαν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 10:40
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 11:29
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 12:25
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 20:24
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 11:13
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 12:7
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Corinthians 16:15
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Corinthians 11:8
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Corinthians 4:1
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Corinthians 5:18
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Colossians 4:17
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Timothy 1:12
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Timothy 4:11
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Timothy 4:5
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Hebrews 1:14
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 2:19
διακονίας
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 1:17
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 1:25
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 21:19
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 Corinthians 8:4
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 Corinthians 9:1
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 Corinthians 9:13
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Ephesians 4:12
διακονιῶν
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — 1 Corinthians 12:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: διακονια.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for διακονία with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.