* διακονέω, ῶ
(< δίακονος);
1. generally, to minister, serve, wait upon, especially at table, to do one a service, care for one's needs: absol., Mt 20:28, Mk 10:45, Lk 10:4022:26, 27, Jo 12:2, I Pe 4:11; ὅσα διηκόνησεν, II Ti 1:18; c. dat. pers., Mt 4:118:1525:4427:55, Mk 1:13, 3115:41, Lk 4:398:312:3717:8, Jo 12:26, Ac 6:219:22, Ro 15:25, Phm 13, He 6:10.
2. to serve as deacon: I Ti 3:10, 13.
3. C. acc. rei, to minister, supply, supply by ministration: I Pe 1:124:10; pass., II Co 3:38:19, 20.†
SYN.: λειτουργέω, q.v. (Cremer, 179).