Strongs's #1308: diaphero - Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #1308: diaphero (pronounced dee-af-er'-o)

from 1223 and 5342; to bear through, i.e. (literally) transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. (objectively) to toss about (figuratively, report); subjectively, to "differ", or (by implication) surpass:--be better, carry, differ from, drive up and down, be (more) excellent, make matter, publish, be of more value.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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diapherō

1) to bear or carry through any place
2) to carry different ways

2a) to carry in different directions, to different places

2a1) of people who are carried hither and thither in a ship, driven to and fro

2b) to differ, to test, prove, the good things that differ

2b1) to distinguish between good and evil, lawful and unlawful, to approve of things that excel, to differ from one
2b2) to excel, surpass one

2c) impersonally, it makes a difference, it matters, is of importance

Part of Speech: none
Relation: from G1223 and G5342
Citing in TDNT: 9:62, 1252

Usage:

This word is used 13 times:

Matthew 6:26: "heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better"
Matthew 10:31: "ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows."
Matthew 12:12: "How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do"
Mark 11:16: "suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple."
Luke 12:7: "Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows."
Luke 12:24: "them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?"
Acts 13:49: "word of the Lord was published throughout all the region."
Acts 27:27: "night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight"
Romans 2:18: "his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;"
1 Corinthians 15:41: "of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory."
Galatians 2:6: "somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God"
Galatians 4:1: "he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord"
Philippians 1:10: "That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense"

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