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diakoneo

diakoneo {dee-ak-on-eh'-o}
Greek: verb

Possible Definitions:
1) to minister to one; render ministering offices to, to be served, ministered unto
2) to wait at a table and offer food and drink to the guests, used of women preparing food
3) to minister, i.e. supply food and necessities of life; to relieve one's necessities (e.g. by collecting alms), to provide take care of, distribute, the things necessary to sustain life; to take care of the poor and the sick, who administer the office of a deacon; in Christian churches to serve as deacons.
4) to minister, i.e. to attend to anything, that may serve another's interests

diakoneo {dee-ak-on-eh'-o}

Greek: verb

from 1249;

Translated as:

minister unto (15 times)

serve (10 times)

minister (7 times)

misc. (5 times)

Total: 37 times

I) to be a servant, attendant, domestic,; to serve, wait upon

Strong's Number 1247

TDNT - 2:81,152