Strong's #1223: dia (pronounced dee-ah')
a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--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). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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dia
1) through
1a) of place
1a1) with
1a2) in
1b) of time
1b1) throughout
1b2) during
1c) of means
1c1) by
1c2) by the means of
2) through
2a) the ground or reason by which something is or is not done
2a1) by reason of
2a2) on account of
2a3) because of for this reason
2a4) therefore
2a5) on this account
Part of Speech: preposition
Relation: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
Citing in TDNT: 2:65, 149
Usage:
This word is used 610 times:
Philemon 1:9: " Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul"
Philemon 1:15: "For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that"
Philemon 1:22: "for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you."
Hebrews 1:2: "he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the"
Hebrews 1:3: "word of his power, when he had by himself purged our"
Hebrews 1:9: "and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God,"
Hebrews 1:14: "spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"
Hebrews 2:1: " Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time"
Hebrews 2:2: "the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and"
Hebrews 2:3: "which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and"
Hebrews 2:9: "who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering"
Hebrews 2:10: "For it became him, for whom are all things, and by"
Hebrews 2:10: "whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many"
Hebrews 2:10: "unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through"
Hebrews 2:11: "are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed"
Hebrews 2:14: "of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the"
Hebrews 2:15: "of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."
Hebrews 3:16: "that came out of Egypt by Moses."
Hebrews 3:19: "they could not enter in because of unbelief."
Hebrews 4:6: "therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:"
Hebrews 5:3: "And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people,"
Hebrews 5:12: "For when for the time ye ought to be teachers,"
Hebrews 5:14: "strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses"
Hebrews 6:7: "herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth"
Hebrews 6:12: "slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit"
Hebrews 6:18: "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible"
Hebrews 7:9: "Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham."
Hebrews 7:11: "therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for"
Hebrews 7:18: "a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness"
Hebrews 7:19: "but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God."
Hebrews 7:21: "this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord"
Hebrews 7:25: "uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession"
Hebrews 9:11: "a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle,"
Hebrews 9:12: "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by"
Hebrews 9:12: "and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once"
Hebrews 9:14: "blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself"
Hebrews 9:15: "And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that"
Hebrews 9:26: "hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."
Hebrews 10:10: "will we are sanctified through the offering of the body"
Hebrews 10:20: "which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his"
Hebrews 11:4: "sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous,"
Hebrews 11:4: "his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh."
Hebrews 11:7: "an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned"
Hebrews 11:29: "Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians"
Hebrews 11:33: "Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained"
Hebrews 11:39: "these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the"
Hebrews 12:1: "which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before"
Hebrews 12:11: "the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby."
Hebrews 12:15: "up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;"
Hebrews 12:28: "which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably"
