1. ministry, service — Ministry, service, or attendance to a duty, encompassing both apostolic commission and practical serving. All 34 NT occurrences (Lk 10:40; Acts 1:17, 25, 6:1, 4, 11:29, 12:25, 20:24, 21:19; Rom 11:13, 12:7, 15:31; 1 Cor 12:5, 16:15; 2 Cor 3:7-9, 4:1, 5:18, 6:3, 8:4, 9:1, 12-13, 11:8; Eph 4:12; Col 4:17; 1 Tim 1:12; 2 Tim 4:5, 11; Heb 1:14; Rev 2:19) share uniform cross-linguistic translations: arb khidma (service), deu Dienst (service/duty), fra service, heb sherut (service/ministry), hin seva/sevkai (service/ministry), kor saygim/saryok/bongsa (serving/ministry/service), spa ministerio/servicio. The auto-clusters separated 'ministry' from 'service' and inflectional variants, but these represent a single lexical sense spanning the spectrum from Martha's table-serving (Lk 10:40) through relief aid (Acts 11:29) to Paul's apostolic commission (2 Cor 3-5), all unified by the core concept of active service performed for others. 34×
AR["الخِدمَةُ","الخِدمَةِ","الخِدمَةِ-هٰذِهِ","الْخِدْمَةَ","خِدمَةَ","خِدمَةُ","خِدمَةِ","خِدْمَةَ","خِدْمَةِ","خِدْمَتِ","ـخِدْمَتِهِ"]·ben["এই","পরিচর্যা","পরিচর্যা।","পরিচর্যায়","পরিচর্যার","সেবাকাজ","সেবাকাজের","সেবাকার্য","সেবাকার্যের","সেবায়","সেবার"]·DE["Dienst"]·EN["ministry","of-service","service"]·FR["service"]·heb["הַ-שֵׁרוּת","הַשֵּׁרוּת","שֵׁרוּת"]·HI["और","सेवकाई","सेवकाई-की","सेवा","सेवा-में"]·ID["pelayanan"]·IT["servizio"]·jav["-pangladosan","leladi,","lelàdi","pangladosan","pangladosan.","pedamelan","peladenan","peladosan","pelayanan"]·KO["그-","봉사-에","봉사-에서","사역에","사역을","사역을-통해","사역의","사역이","샬김을","섬김","직무-의"]·PT["ministério"]·RU["служение","служении","служению","служения"]·ES["ministerio","servicio"]·SW["huduma","huduma,","huduma."]·TR["-a","bu","doğruluğun","günlük","hizmeti","hizmetimi","hizmetin","hizmetinin","o-"]·urd["خدمت","خدمت-کو","خدمت-کی","خدمت-کے"]
Luke 10:40, Acts 1:17, Acts 1:25, Acts 6:1, Acts 6:4, Acts 11:29, Acts 12:25, Acts 20:24, Acts 21:19, Rom 11:13, Rom 12:7, Rom 12:7 (+22 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
διᾱκον-ία, ἡ, service, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 attendance on a duty, ministration, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ δ. ἡ καθημερινή, of ministering to external wants, NT __II body of servants or attendants, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __III instruments of service, ={διακόνημα}Refs 4th c.BC+