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διᾱκον-ία

diakonia · ἡ

service, attendance on a duty, ministration, ministering

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διᾱκον-ία · diakon-ia — LSJ

service

service, Th. 1.133 (pl.), Pl. R. 371c, etc.; οὔκ ἐστι ταῦτʼ ἀρχή, ἀλλʼ ἐπιμέλειά τις καὶ δ. Aeschin. 3.13.

2 attendance on a duty, ministration, ministering

attendance on a duty, ministration, D. 18.206; ἡ δ. ἡ καθημερινή, of ministering to external wants, Act.Ap. 6.1; but also ἡ δ. τοῦ λόγου ib. 4, cf. 1.17, etc.

II body of servants, attendants

body of servants or attendants, Plb. 15.25.21.

III instruments of service

instruments of service, = διακόνημα II, Moschio ap. Ath. 5.208b.

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Where it came from

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