Strongs Number: G1223
- Greek Word
- διά
- Transliteration
- dia
- Phonetic
- dee-ah'
- Part of Speech
- Preposition
- Strongs Definition
-
through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import
- Thayers Definition
-
1. through
a. of place
1. with
2. in
b. of time
1. throughout
2. during
c. of means
1. by
2. by the means of
2. through
a. the ground or reason by which something is or is not done
1. by reason of
2. on account of
3. because of for this reason
4. therefore
5. on this account
- Origin
- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
- Bible Usage
- 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-(idiom) though through (-out) to wherefore with (-in). In composition it retains the same general import.