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:
Galatians 3:26: "all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."
Galatians 4:7: "then an heir of God through Christ."
Galatians 4:13: "Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel"
Galatians 4:23: "he of the freewoman was by promise."
Galatians 5:6: "but faith which worketh by love."
Galatians 5:13: "to the flesh, but by love serve one another."
Galatians 6:14: "of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified"
Ephesians 1:1: "an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints"
Ephesians 1:5: "us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,"
Ephesians 1:7: "whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness"
Ephesians 1:15: " Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in"
Ephesians 2:4: "rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith"
Ephesians 2:8: "by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not"
Ephesians 2:16: "in one body by the cross, having slain the"
Ephesians 2:18: "For through him we both have access by one"
Ephesians 3:6: "promise in Christ by the gospel:"
Ephesians 3:9: "in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:"
Ephesians 3:10: "in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold"
Ephesians 3:12: "access with confidence by the faith of him."
Ephesians 3:16: "glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the"
Ephesians 3:17: "in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and"
Ephesians 4:6: "is above all, and through all, and in you"
Ephesians 4:16: "fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according"
Ephesians 4:18: "from the life of God through the ignorance that is in"
Ephesians 4:18: "that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:"
Ephesians 5:6: "with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath"
Ephesians 5:17: " Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what"
Ephesians 6:13: " Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able"
Ephesians 6:18: "Praying always with all prayer and"
Philippians 1:11: "with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory"
Philippians 1:15: "preach Christ even of envy and strife; and"
Philippians 1:15: "and some also of good will:"
Philippians 1:19: "to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply"
Philippians 1:20: "my body, whether it be by life, or by death."
Philippians 1:20: "it be by life, or by death."
Philippians 1:24: "the flesh is more needful for you."
Philippians 1:26: "Christ for me by my coming to you"
Philippians 2:30: "Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death,"
Philippians 3:7: "those I counted loss for Christ."
Philippians 3:8: "all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge"
Philippians 3:8: "Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and"
Philippians 3:9: "the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness"
Colossians 1:1: "an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy"
Colossians 1:5: " For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof"
Colossians 1:9: " For this cause we also, since the day we heard"
Colossians 1:14: "whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness"
Colossians 1:16: "powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"
Colossians 1:20: "And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by"
Colossians 1:20: "blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto"
Colossians 1:20: "all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in"
