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:
Romans 16:18: "their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive"
Romans 16:26: "now is made manifest, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment"
Romans 16:27: "only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever."
1 Corinthians 1:1: "to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes"
1 Corinthians 1:9: "God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his"
1 Corinthians 1:10: "I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord"
1 Corinthians 1:21: "of God the world by wisdom knew not God,"
1 Corinthians 1:21: "God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save"
1 Corinthians 2:10: "God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the"
1 Corinthians 3:5: "is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even"
1 Corinthians 3:15: "yet so as by fire."
1 Corinthians 4:6: "myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in"
1 Corinthians 4:10: "We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in"
1 Corinthians 4:15: "I have begotten you through the gospel."
1 Corinthians 4:17: " For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my"
1 Corinthians 6:14: "and will also raise up us by his own power."
1 Corinthians 7:2: "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and"
1 Corinthians 7:5: "Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."
1 Corinthians 7:26: "that this is good for the present distress, I say, that"
1 Corinthians 8:6: "Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we"
1 Corinthians 8:6: "are all things, and we by him."
1 Corinthians 8:11: "weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?"
1 Corinthians 9:10: "Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt,"
1 Corinthians 9:10: "saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written:"
1 Corinthians 9:23: "And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be"
1 Corinthians 10:1: "and all passed through the sea;"
1 Corinthians 10:25: "the meat market, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:"
1 Corinthians 10:27: "you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake."
1 Corinthians 10:28: "offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience"
1 Corinthians 11:9: "Neither was the man created for the woman; but"
1 Corinthians 11:9: "the woman; but the woman for the man."
1 Corinthians 11:10: " For this cause ought the woman to have power on"
1 Corinthians 11:10: "to have power on her head because of the angels."
1 Corinthians 11:12: "is the man also by the woman; but all things"
1 Corinthians 11:30: " For this cause many are weak and sickly among you,"
1 Corinthians 12:8: "For to one is given by the Spirit the word"
1 Corinthians 13:12: "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but"
1 Corinthians 14:9: "ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood,"
1 Corinthians 14:19: "rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach"
1 Corinthians 15:2: " By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I"
1 Corinthians 15:21: "For since by man came death, by man came also"
1 Corinthians 15:21: "by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead."
1 Corinthians 15:57: "us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 16:3: "I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send"
2 Corinthians 1:1: "an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy"
2 Corinthians 1:4: "which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we"
2 Corinthians 1:5: "consolation also aboundeth by Christ."
2 Corinthians 1:11: "many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf."
2 Corinthians 1:16: "And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come"
2 Corinthians 1:19: "who was preached among you by us, even by me and"
