Strong's Greek Concordance

G1223: διά

diá · “through/because of”

Definition

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

KJV translates it as: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in)

Word origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act;

Extended definition

διά (before a vowel δ᾽, exc. Rom.8:10, 2Co.5:7, and in (Proper name)s; Tdf., Pr., 94),
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)

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How G1223 is translated

  • through ×384
  • because of ×153
  • on account of ×67
  • for the sake of ×14
  • for ×13
  • because ×8
  • with ×8
  • in ×7
  • for sake of ×3
  • during ×3
  • by ×2
  • after ×2

Bible verses with G1223 (diá)

Diá appears in 611 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Matthew 1:22

    Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

  • Matthew 2:5

    And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

  • Matthew 2:12

    And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

  • Matthew 2:15

    And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

  • Matthew 2:17

    Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

  • Matthew 2:23

    And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

  • Matthew 3:3

    For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  • Matthew 4:4

    But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

  • Matthew 4:14

    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

  • Matthew 6:25

    Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

  • Matthew 7:13

    Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

  • Matthew 8:17

    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

  • Matthew 8:28

    And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

  • Matthew 9:11

    And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

  • Matthew 9:14

    Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

  • Matthew 10:22

    And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

  • Matthew 11:2

    Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

  • Matthew 12:1

    At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

  • Matthew 12:17

    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

  • Matthew 12:27

    And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

  • Matthew 12:31

    Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

  • Matthew 12:43

    When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

  • Matthew 13:5

    Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

  • Matthew 13:6

    And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

  • Matthew 13:10

    And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

All 611 references (first 400)

Words derived from G1223

ἀδιάλειπτος G88

adiáleiptos — continuous

διαβαίνω G1224

diabaínō — to cross

διαβάλλω G1225

diabállō — to accuse

διαβεβαιόομαι G1226

diabebaióomai — to insist

διαβλέπω G1227

diablépō — to see clearly

διαγγέλλω G1229

diangéllō — to proclaim

διαγίνομαι G1230

diagínomai — to pass

διαγινώσκω G1231

diaginṓskō — to decide

διαγογγύζω G1234

diagongýzō — to murmur

διαγρηγορέω G1235

diagrēgoréō — to wake

διάγω G1236

diágō — to live

διαδέχομαι G1237

diadéchomai — to receive in turn

διάδημα G1238

diádēma — diadem

διαδίδωμι G1239

diadídōmi — to distribute

διαζώννυμι G1241

diazṓnnymi — to tie around

διαιρέω G1244

diairéō — to distribute

διακαθαρίζω G1245

diakatharízō — to clear out

διακατελέγχομαι G1246

diakatelénchomai — to refute

διακούομαι G1251

diakoúomai — to give a hearing

διακρίνω G1252

diakrínō — to judge/doubt