διακονία

διακονία, -ας, ἡ

(διάκονος), [in LXX for נַעַר, שָׁרַת pi.: Est 6,3, Est 6,5 A; 1Ma 11,58 * ;]

the office and work of a διάκονος, service, ministry;

(a) of domestic duties (Field, Notes, 63): Luk 10,40

(b) spec. of religious ministration, and the exercise of ministerial functions in the Church: ApG 1,17, 25; 6,1, 4; 11,29; 12,25; 20,24; 21,19, Rom 11,13; 12,7; 15,31, 1 Kor 16,15, 2 Kor 4,1; 6,3; 8,4; 9,1, 13, Ef 4,12, Kol 4,17, 1 Tim 1,12, 2 Tim 4,5, 11, Hebr 1,14, Åb 2,19; δ. τ. θανάτου, 2 Kor 3,7 τ. πνεύματος, 2 Kor 3,8; τ. κατακρίσεως, τ, δικαιοσύνης, 2 Kor 3,9; τ. καταλλαγῆς, 2 Kor 5,18; τ. λειτουργίας, 2 Kor 9,12; with obj. genitive, τὴν ὑμῶν δ., 2 Kor 11,8; pl., 1 Kor 12,5,†