διά
dia
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;
(c) 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.
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Concordance 600 verses
- Matthew 24:22 διὰ
If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
- Matthew 24:44 διὰ
For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
- Matthew 26:24 δι’
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
- Matthew 26:61 διὰ
and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
- Matthew 27:9 διὰ
Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,
- Matthew 27:18 διὰ
For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
- Matthew 27:19 δι’
While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
- Mark 2:1 δι’
A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,
- Mark 2:4 διὰ
Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
- Mark 2:18 Διὰ
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
- Mark 2:23 διὰ
One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
- Mark 2:27 διὰδιὰ
Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
- Mark 3:9 διὰ
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
- Mark 4:5 διὰ
Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
- Mark 4:6 διὰ
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- Mark 4:17 διὰ
But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
- Mark 5:4 διὰ
Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.
- Mark 5:5 διὰ
Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
- Mark 6:2 διὰ
When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?
- Mark 6:6 διὰ
And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.
- Mark 6:14 διὰ
Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
- Mark 6:17 διὰ
For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- Mark 6:26 διὰ
The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
- Mark 7:5 Διὰ
So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”
- Mark 7:29 Διὰ
Then Jesus told her, “Because of this answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”
- Mark 7:31 διὰ
Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
- Mark 9:30 διὰ
Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,
- Mark 10:25 διὰ
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Mark 11:16 διὰ
And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
- Mark 11:24 διὰ
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
- Mark 11:31 Διὰ
They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
- Mark 12:24 διὰ
Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
- Mark 13:13 διὰ
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Mark 13:20 διὰ
If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
- Mark 14:21 δι’
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
- Mark 14:58 διὰ
“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
- Mark 15:10 διὰ
For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
- Mark 16:20 διὰ
And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
- Luke 1:70 διὰ
as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
- Luke 1:78 διὰ
because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
- Luke 2:4 διὰ
So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
- Luke 4:30 διὰ
But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.
- Luke 5:5 δι’
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
- Luke 5:19 διὰδιὰ
but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
- Luke 5:30 Διὰ
But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Luke 6:1 διὰ
One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.
- Luke 6:48 διὰ
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
- Luke 8:4 διὰ
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
- Luke 8:6 διὰ
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
- Luke 8:19 διὰ
Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.