I wait at table (particularly of a slave who waits on guests); I serve (generally).
Strong's:
διακονέω
to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher); technically, to act as a Christian deacon Derivation: from G1249;
KJV Usage: (ad-)minister (unto), serve, use the office of a deacon.
διακονέω, ῶ (< δίακονος); __1. generally, to minister, serre, wait upon, especially at table, to do one a service, cure for one's needs: absol., Refs Mat.20:28, Mrk.10:45, Luk.10:40 22:26, 27, Jhn.12:2, 1Pe.4:11; ὅσα διηκόνησεν, 2Ti.1:18; with dative of person(s), Refs Mat.4:11 8:15 25:44 27:55, Mrk.1:13, 31 15:41, Luk.4:39 8:3 12:37 17:8, Jhn.12:26, Act.6:2 19:22, Rom.15:25, Phm 13, Heb.6:10. __2. to serve as deacon: Refs 1Ti.3:10, 3:13. __3. C. accusative of thing(s), to minister, supply, supply by ministration: Refs 1Pe.1:12 4:10; pass., Refs 2Co.3:3 8:19, 20.† SYN.: λειτουργέω, which see (Cremer, 179). (AS)
Thayer:
1)) to be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon 1a) to minister to one, render ministering offices to 1a1) to be served, ministered unto 1b) to wait at a table and offer food and drink to the guests, 1b1) of women preparing food 1c) to minister i.e. supply food and necessities of life 1c1) to relieve one's necessities (e.g. by collecting alms), to provide take care of, distribute, the things necessary to sustain life 1c2) to take care of the poor and the sick, who administer the office of a deacon 1c3) in Christian churches to serve as deacons 1d) to minister 1d1) to attend to anything, that may serve another's interests 1d2) to minister a thing to one, to serve one or by supplying any thing
διακονέω
diakoneō
dee-ak-on-eh'-o
From G1249; to beanattendant, that is, waitupon (menially or as a host, friend or [figuratively] teacher); technically to actasa Christian deacon
KJV Usage: (ad-) minister (unto), serve, use the office of a deacon.
διάκονος
diakonos
dee-ak'-on-os
Probably from διάκω diakō (obsolete, to run on errands; compare G1377); an attendant, that is, (generally) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specifically a Christian teacher and pastor (technically a deacon or deaconess)
KJV Usage: deacon, minister, servant.
G1248 διακονίαδιακονία
diakonia
dee-ak-on-ee'-ah
From G1249; attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate)
KJV Usage: (ad-) minister (-ing, -tration, -try), office, relief, service (-ing).
G1377 διώκωδιώκω
diōkō
dee-o'-ko
A prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb δίω diō (to flee; compare the base of G1169 and G1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication to persecute
KJV Usage: ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute (-ion), press toward.
G5834Synonyms
See Definition for diakonos { [G1249]}
See Definition for douloo { [G1402]}
See Definition for therapon { [G2324]}
See Definition for yperetes { [G5257]}
1249 represents the servant in his activity for the work? not in
his relation, either servile, as that of that 1402, or more
voluntary, as in the case of 2324, to a person. 1402 opp. to 1249
denotes a bondman, one who sustains a permanent servile relation to
another. 2324 is the voluntary performer of services, whether as a
freeman or a slave? it is a nobler tenderer word than 1402. 5257
suggests subordination.
G5928Servant, Slave.
See Definition for doulos { [G1401]}
See Definition for therapon { [G2324]}
See Definition for diakonos { [G1249]}
See Definition for oiketes { [G3610]}
See Definition for yperetes { [G5257]}
doulos is the usual word for slave, one who is permanently in
servitude, in subjection to a master.
therapon is simply one who renders service at a particular time,
sometimes as a slave, more often as a freeman, who renders voluntary
service prompted by duty or love. It denotes one who serves, in
his relation to a person.
diakonos also may designate either a slave or a freeman, it denotes
a servant viewed in relation to his work.
oiketes designates a slave, sometimes being practically equivalent
to doulos. Usually, however, as the etymology of the term
indicates, it means a slave as a member of the household, not
emphasizing the servile idea, but rather the relation which would tend
to mitigate the severity of his condition.
yperetes means literally an under-rower, and was used to describe
an ordinary rower on a war-galley. It is then used, as in the N.T., to
indicate any man, not a slave, who served in a subordinate position
under a superior.