διά

720 διά (before a vowel δ’ , exc. Ro 8:10 , II Co 5:7 , and in pr. names; Tdf., Pr. , 94), prep. c. gen., acc, as in cl.; c. gen., through ; of Place, after verbs of motion or action: Mt 2:12 12:43 , Mk 2:23 , Lk 4:30 , Jo 4:4 , II Co 11:33 , al.; σώζεσθαι (διας-) δ. πυρός, ὕδατος , I Co 3:15 , I Pe 3:20 ; βλέπειν δ. ἐσόπτρου , I Co 13:12 ; metaph., of a state or condition: Ro 14:20 , II Co 2:4 5:7 , 10; δ. γράμματος, ἀκροβυστίας (Lft., Notes , 263, 279), Ro 2:27 4:11 ; δι’ ὑπομενῆς , Ro 8:25 . Of Time; during which: Mt 26:61 , Mk 14:58 , Lk 5:5 ; δ. παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν , He 2:15 ; δ. παντός ( διαπαντός in Mk 5:5 , Lk 24:53 ), always, continually , Mt 18:10 , Ac 2:25 (LXX) 10:2 24:16 , Ro 11:10 (LXX) , II Th 3:16 , He 9:6 13:15 . within which: Ac 1:3 ; δ. νυκτός , Ac 5:19 16:9 17:10 23:31 ; after which (Field, Notes , 20; Abbott, JG , 255 f.): Mk 2:1 , Ac 24:17 , Ga 2:1 . Of the Means or Instrument; of the efficient cause (regarded also as the instrument): of God, Ro 11:36 , I Co 1:9 , Ga 4:7 , He 2:10 7:21 ; of Christ, Ro 1:8 5:1 , 17 , I Co 15:21 , I Pe 4:11 , al.; δ. τ. ὑμῶν δεήσεως , Ro 1:12 , II Co 1:4 , Ga 4:23 , al.; of the agent, instrument or means; c. gen. pers., Mt 11:2 , Lk 1:70 , Jo 1:17 , Ac 1:16 , Ro 2:16 , I Co 1:21 , Eph 1:5 , He 2:14 , Re 1:1 , al.; ὑπὸ τ. κυρίου δ. τ. προφήτου ( δ. τ. κυρίου , I Th 4:2 (M, Th. , in l.); Lft., Rev. , 121 f.), Mt 1:22 2:15 , Ro 1:2 ; δ. ἐπιστολῆς ὡς δ. ἡμῶν (Field, Notes , 202), II Th 2:2 ; δ. Σ. ( NTD , 22), I Pe 5:12 ; c. gen. rei (where often the simple dat. is used in cl.; Jannaris, Gr. , 375), Jo 11:4 , Ac 5:12 ; δ. τ. πίστεως , Ro 3:30 ; δ. λόγου θεοῦ , I Pe 1:23 ; δ. παραβολῆς , Lk 8:4 ; δουλεύειν δ. τ. ἀγάπης , Ga 5:13 ; δ. ἐπαγγελίας , Ga 3:18 . C. acc.; rarely, as c. gen., through (Hom), δ. μέσον Σαμαρίας ( ICC , in l.; Bl., §42, 1; Robertson, Gr. , 581), Lk 17:11 . by reason of, because of, for the sake of ; c. acc pers. (M, Pr. , 105), Mk 2:27 , Jo 6:57 11:42 , Ro 8:20 ; c. acc. rei, δ. φθόνον , Mt 27:18 , Mk 15:10 ; δ. φόβον , Jo 7:13 20:19 ; δ. ἀγάπην , Eph 2:4 ; δ. τοῦτο , freq., for this cause, therefore , Mt 6:25 , Mk 6:14 , Lk 11:49 , Jo 6:65 , al.; id. seq. ὅτι , Jo 5:16 10:17 , al.; δ. τί , why , Mt 9:11 , 14 , Mk 2:18 , Jo 7:45 , al.; δ. τό , c. inf., Mk 5:4 , Lk 9:7 , Ja 4:2 . In composition, through , as in διαβαίνω ; of separation, asunder , as in διασπάω ; of distribution, abroad , as in διαγγέλλω ; of transition, as διαλλάσσω ; of "perfective" action (M, Pr. , 112 f., 115 f.), as διαφύγω, διακαθαρίζω .