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διακονία

Transliteration diakonia		Pronunciation dē-ä-ko-nē'-ä (Key)
Part of Speech feminine noun		Root Word (Etymology) From διάκονος (G1249)
TDNT Reference 2:87,152	Vines View Entry

1) service, ministering, esp. of those who execute the commands of others

2) of those who by the command of God proclaim and promote religion among men

a) of the office of Moses

b) of the office of the apostles and its administration

c) of the office of prophets, evangelists, elders etc.

3) the ministration of those who render to others the offices of Christian affection esp. those who help meet need by either collecting or distributing of charities

4) the office of the deacon in the church

5) the service of those who prepare and present food

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Strong's Number G1248 matches the Greek διακονία (diakonia), which occurs 14 times in 11 verses in 2Cr of the Greek concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (2Cr 3:7 - 2Cr 11:8)
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2Cr 3:7	But if the ministration¹²⁴⁸ of death, written [and] engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away :
2Cr 3:8	How shall¹²⁴⁸ not the ministration¹²⁴⁸ of the spirit be rather glorious?
2Cr 3:9	For if the ministration¹²⁴⁸ of condemnation [be] glory, much more doth the ministration¹²⁴⁸ of righteousness exceed in glory.
2Cr 4:1	Therefore seeing we have this ministry¹²⁴⁸, as we have received mercy , we faint not;
2Cr 5:18	And all things [are] of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry¹²⁴⁸ of reconciliation;
2Cr 6:3	Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry¹²⁴⁸ be not blamed :
2Cr 8:4	Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering¹²⁴⁸ to the saints.
2Cr 9:1	For as touching the ministering¹²⁴⁸ to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2Cr 9:12	For the administration¹²⁴⁸ of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
2Cr 9:13	Whiles by the experiment of this ministration¹²⁴⁸ they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for [your] liberal distribution unto them, and unto all [men];
2Cr 11:8	I robbed other churches, taking wages [of them], to do¹²⁴⁸ you service¹²⁴⁸.

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