What does διακονία · καθημερινός mean in the Bible?
διακονία · καθημερινός is a Greek phrase meaning "Daily service, ministry, distribution".
Greek · G1248, G2522
διακονίᾳ τῇ καθημερινῇ
Service · quotidian
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διακονία G1248 service
Pronunciation diakonía
Service expressed through concrete ministerial function and office within the church community.
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καθημερινός G2522 quotidian
Pronunciation kathēmerinós
Daily recurrence; occurring every single day as a regular, ongoing need or responsibility.
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What does διακονίᾳ τῇ καθημερινῇ (diakonia tē kathēmerinē) mean in the Bible?
διακονία · καθημερινός is a Greek phrase meaning "Daily service, ministry, distribution".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1248, G2522?
G1248, G2522 is connected to 34 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Daily service, ministry, distribution
Source Gloss
Daily service, ministry, distribution
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 34 Case pattern Accusative (16) Number pattern Singular (33)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 15:31 · 2 Cor 3:7 · 2 Cor 3:8 · 2 Cor 3:9 · 2 Cor 6:3 · 2 Cor 9:12 6×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 1:17 · Acts 1:25 · Acts 21:19 · 2 Cor 8:4 · 2 Cor 9:1 · 2 Cor 9:13 · Eph 4:12 7×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine 1 Cor 12:5 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 6:1 · Acts 6:4 · Rom 12:7 · 2 Cor 3:9 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 10:40 · Acts 11:29 · Acts 12:25 · Acts 20:24 · Rom 11:13 · Rom 12:7 · 1 Cor 16:15 · 2 Cor 4:1 · 2 Cor 5:18 · 2 Cor 11:8 · Col 4:17 · 1 Tim 1:12 · 2 Tim 4:5 · 2 Tim 4:11 · Heb 1:14 · Rev 2:19 16×
Word Origins
διακονίᾳ τῇ καθημερινῇ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain