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:
Revelation 7:15: " Therefore are they before the throne of God, and"
Revelation 12:11: "they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,"
Revelation 12:11: "of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;"
Revelation 12:12: " Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them."
Revelation 13:14: "on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power"
Revelation 18:8: " Therefore shall her plagues come in one day,"
Revelation 18:10: "Standing afar off for the fear of her torment,"
Revelation 18:15: "her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her"
Revelation 20:4: "I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and"
Revelation 20:4: "witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and"
