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Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G1248
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).
Etymology: from ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
serving, service, waiting, attendance, the act of rendering friendly offices, Lk. 10:40; 2 Tim. 4:11; Heb. 1:14; relief, aid, Acts 6:1; 11:29; 2 Cor. 8:4; 9:1, 12, 13; a commission, Acts 12:25; Rom. 15:31; a commission or ministry in the service of the Gospel, Acts 1:17, 25; 20:24; Rom. 11:13; 2 Cor. 4:1; 5:18; 1 Tim. 1:12; service in the Gospel, Acts 6:4; 21:19; 1 Cor. 16:15; 2 Cor. 6:3; 11:8; Eph. 4:12; Rev. 2:19; a function, ministry, or office in the Church, Rom. 12:7; 1 Cor. 12:5; Col. 4:17; 2 Tim. 4:5; a ministering in the conveyance of a revelation from God, 2 Cor. 3:7, 8, 9