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πολλὴν διακονίαν

Much · service

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πολύς G4183 much
Pronunciation polýs
Quantifies magnitude across all dimensions: number, space, degree, value, time, and importance.
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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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What does πολλὴν διακονίαν (pollēn diakonian) mean in the Bible?

πολύς · διακονία is a Greek word meaning "much service, many preparations, much ministry".

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Meaning

much service, many preparations, much ministry
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:25 · Matt 7:13 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 8:1 · Matt 8:11 · Matt 9:10 · Matt 12:15 · Matt 13:2 · Matt 13:17 · Matt 15:30 · Matt 19:2 · Matt 19:30 · Matt 22:14 · Matt 24:5 · Matt 24:10 · Matt 24:11 83×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:18 · Matt 5:12 · Matt 9:37 · Matt 20:29 · Matt 26:47 · Mark 5:21 · Mark 5:24 · Mark 12:37 · Luke 5:29 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 6:23 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 7:11 · Luke 9:37 · Luke 10:2 · John 6:2 26×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 27:52 · Mark 7:4 · Luke 8:30 · John 3:23 · John 21:25 · Acts 2:43 · Acts 5:12 · Acts 26:24 · 1 Cor 12:12 · 1 Cor 12:14 · 1 Cor 12:20 · Gal 4:27 · Rev 8:3 · Rev 19:12 14×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 3:7 · Mark 3:8 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 12:48 · Luke 23:27 · Acts 17:4 · Rom 3:2 8×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 4:41 · Acts 19:32 · Acts 23:13 · Acts 23:21 · Acts 27:12 · Acts 28:23 · 1 Cor 15:6 · Heb 7:23 8×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 6:25 · Matt 12:41 · Matt 12:42 · Luke 9:13 · Luke 11:31 · Luke 11:32 · Luke 12:23 7×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 27:55 · Mark 15:41 · Luke 4:25 · Luke 7:47 · Luke 8:3 · John 14:2 6×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 6:35 · Acts 8:8 · 2 Cor 7:4 4×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:8 · Mark 4:1 2×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:20 1×
415 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 12 — One Spirit, Many Gifts, and One Body in Christ 1 Corinthians 16 — Ordered Giving, Open Doors, Faithful Labor, and Final Exhortations in the Lord Acts 11 — Jerusalem Recognizes God’s Grace to the Gentiles Acts 12 — The Lord Delivers His Servant and Judges Proud Opposition Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God Acts 6 — Word Ministry, Servant Leadership, and Stephen’s Faithful Witness Colossians 4 — Prayer, Wise Witness, Faithful Service, and Gospel Fellowship Ephesians 4 — Walking Worthy: Unity, Maturity, and the New Life in Christ John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind Matthew 25 — Readiness, Stewardship, and the Final Judgment of the Son of Man Matthew 7 — Kingdom Discernment, the Narrow Way, and the Wise Builder Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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