Diá — G1223

G1223 · Greek — διά

Pronunciation: dee-ah'

Definition

preposition

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

  1. of place
    1. properly, after verbs denoting an extension, or a motion, or an act, that occurs through any place
    2. its tropical use of state or condition in which (properly, passing through which as through a space) one does or suffers something, where we, with a different conception, employ with, in, etc. (German bei, unter, mit)
  2. of Time
    1. of continued time
      1. of the time throughout (during) which anything is done
      2. of the time within which a thing is done
    2. of time elapsed, and which has, so to say, been passed through
  3. of the Means or Instrument by which anything is effected
    1. of one who is the author of the action as well as its instrument, or of the efficient cause
    2. of the instrument used to accomplish a thing, or of the instrumental cause in the stricter sense
      1. in passages where a subject expressly mentioned is said to do or to have done a thing by some person or by some thing
      2. in passages in which the author or principal cause is not mentioned, but is easily understood from the nature of the case, or from the context
    3. with the genitive of a thing διά is used to denote the manner in which a thing is done, or the formal cause
  4. of place
  5. of the Ground or Reason on account of which anything is or is not done
    1. of the reason for which a thing is done, or of the efficient reason, when for greater perspicuity it may be rendered by
      1. with the accusative of the thing
      2. with the accusative of the person, by whose will, agency, favor, fault, anything is or is done
    2. of the reason or cause on account of which anything is or is done, or ought to be done
      1. in the phrases διά τοῦτο, for this cause
      2. used, with the accusative of any noun, of the mental affection by which one is impelled to some act
      3. διά τό, because that, for that, is placed before the infinitive — either standing alone, as
    3. a passing through space or time, through
    4. continuity of time (διαμένω, διατελέω, διατηρέω), and completeness of action (διακαθαρίζω, διαζώννυμι)
    5. distribution (διαδίδωμι, διαγγέλλω, διαφημίζω)
    6. separation (διαλύω, διαιρέω)
    7. rivalry and endeavor
    8. transition from one state to another (διαλλάσσω, διορθόω)

Usually translated as

by, through, therefore, for sake, with, wherefore, in, always, thereby, throughout, after, because of, by occasion of, of, by reason of, among, at, briefly, from, to, within, to avoid, that, though

Origin

a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act

Occurrences

Diá occurs 603 times in 540 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (45), Mark (24), Luke (24), John (51), Acts (60), Romans (70), 1 Corinthians (34), 2 Corinthians (37), Galatians (18), Ephesians (21), Philippians (10), Colossians (13), 1 Thessalonians (9), 2 Thessalonians (7), 1 Timothy (6), 2 Timothy (9), Titus (3), Philemon (4), Hebrews (48), James (1), 1 Peter (18), 2 Peter (6), 1 John (5), 2 John (2), 3 John (2), Revelation (13)

Strong's Lexicon — D