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Koine Greek wordlink #31745

SR GNT Mark 10:45 διακονῆσαι (diakonaʸsai) ‘came to_be served but to serve and to give the’ Strongs=12470 Lemma=diakoneō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active

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Other uses (1) of identical word form διακονῆσαι (V-NAA....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘διακονῆσαι’ (V-NAA....) is always and only glossed as ‘to serve’.

Mat 20:28 ‘came to_be served but to serve and to give the’ SR GNT Mat 20:28 word 10

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘diakoneō’ have 19 different glosses: ‘be serving’, ‘being served’, ‘having served’, ‘having_been served’, ‘is serving’, ‘may_be serving’, ‘to serve’, ‘to_be served’, ‘to_be serving’, ‘was serving’, ‘were serving’, ‘he may_be serving’, ‘he will_be serving’, ‘he served’, ‘she was serving’, ‘them let_be serving’, ‘they were serving’, ‘we served’, ‘serving’.

Greek words (1) other than διακονῆσαι (V-NAA....) with a gloss related to ‘serve’

ACTs 7:7 δουλεύσωσιν (douleusōsin) V-SAA3..P Lemma=douleuō ‘the nation for whichever they may serve will_be judging I god’ SR GNT Acts 7:7 word 8

Key: V=verb NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active SAA3..P=subjunctive,aorist,active,3rd person plural