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GreekG1223Preposition

διά

dia

614Occurrences
G1223Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
s; Tdf., Pr., 94), prep. with genitive, accusative, as in cl.
1.with genitive, through
(i)of Place, after verbs of motion or action
(a)during which
(with)after which (Field, Notes, 20; Abbott, JG, 255f.)
(a)with genitive of person(s)
(b)with genitive of thing(s) (where often the simple dative is used in cl.; Jannaris, Gr., 375)
2.C. accusative
(i)rarely, as with genitive, through, δ. μέσον Σαμαρίας
(a)with accusative of person(s)
(b)with accusative of thing(s), δ. φθόνον
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, as διαφύγω, διακαθαρίζω.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

διά appears 614 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
72
Romans
70
Matthew
58
John
57
Hebrews
54
2 Corinthians
39
Luke
39
1 Corinthians
37

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:1BSB

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

2 Peter 3:12BSB

as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.

Ephesians 5:17BSB

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

John 5:16BSB

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

Mark 16:20BSB

And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.