Dia διά
| διά | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | dia |
| Strong's number | G1223 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | preposition |
| Gloss | through/because of |
| Occurrences | 687 in 617 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (72) |
Dia (Greek διά, Strong's G1223) is a Greek preposition meaning “through/because of”. It occurs 687 times in 617 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
prep. with genitive, accusative, as in cl.;
1. with genitive, through;
(i) of Place, after verbs of motion or action: Mat.2:12 12:43, Mrk.2:23, Luk.4:30, Jhn.4:4, 2Co.11:33, al.; σώζεσθαι (διας-) δ. πυρός, ὕδατος, 1Co.3:15, 1Pe.3:20; βλέπειν δ. ἐσόπτρου, 1Co.13:12; metaphorically, of a state or condition: Rom.14:20, 2Co.2:4 5:7, 10; δ. γράμματος, ἀκροβυστίας (Lft., Notes, 263, 279), Rom.2:27 4:11; δι ̓ὑπομενῆς, Rom.8:25.
(ii) Of Time;
(a) during which: Mat.26:61, Mrk.14:58, Luk.5:5; δ. παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν, Heb.2:15; δ. παντός (διαπαντός in Mrk.5:5, Luk.24:53), always, continually, Mat.18:10, Act.2:25" (LXX) 10:2 24:16, Rom.11:10" (LXX), 2Th.3:16, Heb.9:6 13:15.
(b) within which: Act.1:3; δ. νυκτός, Act.5:19 16:9 17:10 23:31;
(with) after which (Field, Notes, 20; Abbott, JG, 255f.): Mrk.2:1, Act.24:17, Gal.2:1.
(iii) Of the Means or Instrument;
(1) of the efficient cause (regarded also as the instrument): of God, Rom.11:36, 1Co.1:9, Gal.4:7, Heb.2:10 7:21; of Christ, Rom.1:8 5:1, 17, 1Co.15:21, 1Pe.4:11, al.; δ. τ. ὑμῶν δεήσεως, Rom.1:12, 2Co.1:4, Gal.4:23, al.;
(2) of the agent, instrument or means;
(a) with genitive of person(s), Mat.11:2, Luk.1:70, Jhn.1:17, Act.1:16, Rom.2:16, 1Co.1:21, Eph.1:5, Heb.2:14, Rev.1:1, al.; ὑπὸ τ. κυρίου δ. τ. προφήτου (δ. τ. κυρίου, 1Th.4:2 (M, Th., in l.); Lft., Rev., 121f.), Mat.1:22 2:15, Rom.1:2; δ. ἐπιστολῆς ὡς δ. ἡμῶν (Field, Notes, 202), 2Th.2:2; δ. Σ. (NTD, 22), 1Pe.5:12;
(b) with genitive of thing(s) (where often the simple dative is used in cl.; Jannaris, Gr., 375), Jhn.11:4, Act.5:12; δ. τ. πίστεως, Rom.3:30; δ. λόγου θεοῦ, 1Pe.1:23; δ. παραβολῆς, Luk.8:4; δουλεύειν δ. τ. ἀγάπης, Gal.5:13; δ. ἐπαγγελίας, Gal.3:18,
2. C. accusative;
(i) rarely, as with genitive, through (Hom), δ. μέσον Σαμαρίας (ICC, in l.; Bl., §42, 1; Robertson, Gr., 581), Luk.17:11.
(ii) by reason of, because of, for the sake of;
(a) with accusative of person(s) (M, Pr., 105), Mrk.2:27, Jhn.6:57 11:42, Rom.8:20;
(b) with accusative of thing(s), δ. φθόνον, Mat.27:18, Mrk.15:10; δ. φόβον, Jhn.7:13 20:19; δ. ἀγάπην, Eph.2:4; δ. τοῦτο, freq., for this cause, therefore, Mat.6:25, Mrk.6:14, Luk.11:49, Jhn.6:65, al.; id. before ὅτι, Jhn.5:16 10:17, al.; δ. τί, why, Mat.9:11, 14 Mrk.2:18, Jhn.7:45, al.; δ. τό, with inf., Mrk.5:4, Luk.9:7, Jas.4:2.
3. In composition,
(1) through, as in διαβαίνω;
(2) of separation, asunder, as in διασπάω;
(3) of distribution, abroad, as in διαγγέλλω;
(4) of transition, as διαλλάσσω;
(5) of "perfective" action (M, Pr., 112f., 115f.), as διαφύγω, διακαθαρίζω.
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | through (92), because (39), therefore (37), sake (13), wherefore (12), cause (7), sakes (5), throughout (4), after (3), why (3), whereby (3), out (1), and 10 other renderings |
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| BSB | through (198), because (89), why (24), therefore (18), sake (13), this reason (12), is why (10), account (8), out (4), reason (4), your sake (4), always (3), and 42 other renderings |
Verses
Dia occurs in 617 verses, listed here by reference.
Matthew (58): 1:22, 2:5, 2:12, 2:15, 2:17, 2:23, 3:3, 4:4, 4:14, 6:25, 7:13, 8:17, 8:28, 9:11, 9:14, 10:22, 11:2, 12:1, 12:17, 12:27, 12:31, 12:43, 13:5, 13:6, 13:10, 13:13, 13:21, 13:35, 13:52, 13:58, 14:2, 14:3, 14:9, 15:2, 15:3, 15:6, 17:19, 17:20, 18:7, 18:10, 18:23, 19:12, 19:24, 21:4, 21:25, 21:43, 23:14, 23:34, 24:9, 24:12, 24:15, 24:22, 24:44, 26:24, 26:61, 27:9, 27:18, 27:19
Mark (32): 2:1, 2:4, 2:18, 2:23, 2:27, 3:9, 4:5, 4:6, 4:17, 5:4, 5:5, 6:2, 6:6, 6:14, 6:17, 6:26, 7:5, 7:29, 7:31, 9:30, 10:25, 11:16, 11:24, 11:31, 12:24, 13:13, 13:20, 14:21, 14:58, 15:10, 16:8, 16:20
Luke (39): 1:70, 1:78, 2:4, 4:30, 5:5, 5:19, 5:30, 5:33, 6:1, 6:48, 8:4, 8:6, 8:19, 8:47, 9:7, 11:8, 11:19, 11:24, 11:49, 12:22, 13:24, 14:20, 17:1, 17:11, 18:5, 18:25, 18:31, 19:4, 19:11, 19:23, 19:31, 20:5, 21:17, 22:22, 23:8, 23:19, 23:25, 24:38, 24:53
John (57): 1:3, 1:7, 1:10, 1:17, 1:31, 2:24, 3:17, 3:29, 4:4, 4:39, 4:41, 4:42, 5:16, 5:18, 6:57, 6:65, 7:13, 7:22, 7:43, 7:45, 8:43, 8:46, 8:47, 8:59, 9:23, 10:1, 10:2, 10:9, 10:17, 10:19, 10:32, 11:4, 11:15, 11:42, 12:5, 12:9, 12:11, 12:18, 12:27, 12:30, 12:39, 12:42, 13:11, 13:37, 14:6, 14:11, 15:3, 15:19, 15:21, 16:15, 16:21, 17:20, 19:11, 19:23, 19:38, 19:42, 20:19
Acts (72): 1:2, 1:3, 1:16, 2:16, 2:22, 2:23, 2:25, 2:26, 2:43, 3:16, 3:18, 3:21, 4:2, 4:16, 4:21, 4:25, 4:30, 5:3, 5:12, 5:19, 7:25, 8:11, 8:18, 8:20, 9:25, 9:32, 10:2, 10:21, 10:36, 10:43, 11:28, 11:30, 12:9, 12:20, 13:38, 13:49, 14:3, 14:22, 15:7, 15:11, 15:12, 15:23, 15:27, 15:32, 16:3, 16:9, 17:10, 18:2, 18:3, 18:9, 18:27, 18:28, 19:11, 19:26, 20:3, 20:28, 21:4, 21:19, 21:34, 21:35, 22:24, 23:28, 23:31, 24:2, 24:16, 24:17, 27:4, 27:9, 28:2, 28:18, 28:20, 28:25
Romans (72): 1:2, 1:5, 1:8, 1:12, 1:26, 2:12, 2:16, 2:23, 2:24, 2:27, 3:20, 3:22, 3:24, 3:25, 3:27, 3:30, 3:31, 4:11, 4:13, 4:16, 4:23, 4:24, 4:25, 5:1, 5:2, 5:5, 5:9, 5:10, 5:11, 5:12, 5:16, 5:17, 5:18, 5:19, 5:21, 6:4, 6:19, 7:4, 7:5, 7:7, 7:8, 7:11, 7:13, 7:25, 8:3, 8:10, 8:11, 8:20, 8:25, 8:37, 9:32, 10:17, 11:10, 11:28, 11:36, 12:1, 12:3, 13:5, 13:6, 14:14, 14:15, 14:20, 15:4, 15:9, 15:15, 15:18, 15:28, 15:30, 15:32, 16:18, 16:26, 16:27
1 Corinthians (37): 1:1, 1:9, 1:10, 1:21, 2:10, 3:5, 3:15, 4:6, 4:10, 4:15, 4:17, 6:7, 6:14, 7:2, 7:5, 7:26, 8:6, 8:11, 9:10, 9:23, 10:1, 10:25, 10:27, 10:28, 11:9, 11:10, 11:12, 11:30, 12:8, 13:12, 14:9, 14:19, 15:2, 15:21, 15:57, 16:3, 16:24
2 Corinthians (40): 1:1, 1:4, 1:5, 1:11, 1:16, 1:19, 1:20, 2:4, 2:10, 2:14, 3:4, 3:7, 3:11, 4:1, 4:5, 4:11, 4:15, 5:7, 5:10, 5:18, 5:20, 6:7, 6:8, 7:13, 8:5, 8:8, 8:9, 8:18, 9:11, 9:12, 9:13, 9:14, 10:1, 10:9, 10:11, 11:11, 11:33, 12:17, 13:10, 13:13
Galatians (18): 1:1, 1:12, 1:15, 2:1, 2:4, 2:16, 2:19, 2:21, 3:14, 3:18, 3:19, 3:26, 4:7, 4:13, 4:23, 5:6, 5:13, 6:14
Ephesians (22): 1:1, 1:5, 1:7, 1:15, 2:4, 2:8, 2:16, 2:18, 3:6, 3:9, 3:10, 3:12, 3:16, 3:17, 4:6, 4:16, 4:18, 5:6, 5:17, 6:13, 6:18, 6:24
Philippians (12): 1:7, 1:11, 1:15, 1:19, 1:20, 1:24, 1:26, 2:30, 3:7, 3:8, 3:9, 4:23
Colossians (14): 1:1, 1:5, 1:9, 1:14, 1:16, 1:20, 1:22, 2:8, 2:12, 2:19, 3:6, 3:17, 4:3, 4:18
1 Thessalonians (9): 1:5, 2:13, 3:5, 3:7, 3:9, 4:2, 4:14, 5:9, 5:13
2 Thessalonians (6): 2:2, 2:11, 2:14, 2:15, 3:14, 3:16
1 Timothy (6): 1:16, 2:10, 2:15, 4:5, 4:14, 5:23
2 Timothy (9): 1:1, 1:6, 1:10, 1:12, 1:14, 2:2, 2:10, 3:15, 4:17
Philemon (5): 1:7, 1:9, 1:15, 1:22, 1:25
Hebrews (54): 1:2, 1:3, 1:9, 1:14, 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, 2:9, 2:10, 2:11, 2:14, 2:15, 3:16, 3:19, 4:6, 5:3, 5:12, 5:14, 6:7, 6:12, 6:18, 7:9, 7:11, 7:18, 7:19, 7:21, 7:23, 7:24, 7:25, 9:6, 9:11, 9:12, 9:14, 9:15, 9:26, 10:2, 10:10, 10:20, 11:4, 11:7, 11:29, 11:33, 11:39, 12:1, 12:11, 12:15, 12:28, 13:2, 13:11, 13:12, 13:15, 13:21, 13:22, 13:25
1 Peter (18): 1:3, 1:5, 1:7, 1:12, 1:20, 1:21, 1:22, 1:23, 2:5, 2:13, 2:14, 2:19, 3:1, 3:14, 3:20, 3:21, 4:11, 5:12
2 Peter (7): 1:3, 1:4, 1:19, 2:2, 3:5, 3:6, 3:12
1 John (5): 2:12, 3:1, 4:5, 4:9, 5:6
Jude (1): 1:25
Revelation (15): 1:1, 1:9, 2:3, 4:11, 6:9, 7:15, 12:11, 12:12, 13:14, 17:7, 18:8, 18:10, 18:15, 20:4, 21:24
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).