διακονία, -ας, ἡ
(< διάκονος), [in LXX for נַעַר, שָׁרַת pi.: Es 6:3, 5 A; I Mac 11:58 *;]
the office and work of a διάκονος, service, ministry;
(a) of domestic duties (Field, Notes, 63): Lk 10:40
(b) spec. of religious ministration, and the exercise of ministerial functions in the Church: Ac 1:17, 256:1, 411:2912:2520:24; 21:19, Ro 11:1312:715:31, I Co 16:15, II Co 4:16:38:49:1, 13, Eph 4:12, Col 4:17, I Ti 1:12, II Ti 4:5, 11, He 1:14, Re 2:19; δ. τ. θανάτου, II Co 3:7; τ. πνεύματος, ib. 8; τ. κατακρίσεως, τ, δικαιοσύνης, ib. 9; τ. καταλλαγῆς, ib. 5:18; τ. λειτουργίας, ib. 9:12; c. obj. gen., τὴν ὑμῶν δ., ib. 11:8; pl., I Co 12:5.†