Gloss
(gen.) through, by means of; (acc.) because of, for the sake of, therefore
Forms of the word
Dictionary
διά
Greek transliteration
dia
Simplified transliteration
dia
Numbers
Strong's number
1223
GK Number
1328
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
667
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
prep
Definition
(1) gen., through, used of place or medium, Mt. 7:13; Lk. 6:1; 2 Cor. 11:33; through, of time, during, in the course of, Heb. 2:15; Acts 5:19; through, of immediate agency, causation, instrumentality, by means of, by, Jn. 1:3; Acts 3:18; of means or manner, through, by, with, Lk. 8:4; 2 Cor. 5:7; 8:8; of state or condition, in a state of, Rom. 4:11; (2) acc., used of causation which is not direct and immediate in the production of a result, on account of, because of, for the sake of, with a view to, Mk. 2:27; Jn. 1:31; rarely, through, while subject to a state of untoward circumstances, Gal. 4:13
Greek-English Concordance for διά
| Hebrews 1:14 | Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for (dia | διά | prep-acc) the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? |
| Hebrews 2:1 | Therefore (dia | διά | prep-acc) we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. |
| Hebrews 2:2 | For if the message spoken through (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) angels became firmly established and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, |
| Hebrews 2:3 | how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? Which at first was declared by (dia | διά | prep-gen) the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, |
| Hebrews 2:9 | But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone, because (dia | διά | prep-acc) of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor. |
| Hebrews 2:10 | For it was appropriate that God, for (di | δι᾿ | prep-acc) whom and through (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the champion of their salvation perfect through (dia | διά | prep-gen) suffering. |
| Hebrews 2:11 | For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one origin. That is why (di | δι᾿ | prep-acc) Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers, |
| Hebrews 2:14 | Therefore since the children share in blood and flesh, he himself also, in the same way, shared the same things so that by (dia | διά | prep-gen) his death he might destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), |
| Hebrews 2:15 | and liberate those who throughout (dia | διά | prep-gen) life were held in slavery by their fear of death. |
| Hebrews 3:16 | For who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not really all those who came out of Egypt led by (dia | διά | prep-gen) Moses? |
| Hebrews 3:19 | So then we see that they were unable to enter because of (di | δι᾿ | prep-acc) unbelief. |
| Hebrews 4:6 | Therefore since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because (di | δι᾿ | prep-acc) of disobedience, |
| Hebrews 5:3 | That is why (di | δι᾿ | prep-acc) he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins, just as he does for the sins of the people. |
| Hebrews 5:12 | For though by (dia | διά | prep-acc) this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of God’s revelation. You have become people needing milk, not solid food; |
| Hebrews 5:14 | But solid food is for the mature, for those who by virtue of (dia | διά | prep-acc) their maturity have senses that are trained to distinguish good from evil. |
| Hebrews 6:7 | For the field that soaks up the frequent rain that falls on it and yields a crop useful for those for (di | δι᾿ | prep-acc) whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. |
| Hebrews 6:12 | so that you will not be lazy, but imitators of those who by (dia | διά | prep-gen) faith and perseverance inherit the promises. |
| Hebrews 6:18 | so that through (dia | διά | prep-gen) two unchangeable facts, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge might have strong incentive to hold fast to the hope set before us. |
| Hebrews 7:9 | And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) Abraham, |
| Hebrews 7:11 | If, then, perfection had been attainable through (dia | διά | prep-gen) the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people had received the law), what further need would there have been for another kind of priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one designated after the order of Aaron? |
| Hebrews 7:18 | For there is an annulment of a former commandment because of (dia | διά | prep-acc) its weakness and uselessness |
| Hebrews 7:19 | (for the law made nothing perfect); but the introduction of a better hope through (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) which we draw near to God. |
| Hebrews 7:21 | but he became a priest with an oath by (dia | διά | prep-gen) the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’”), |
| Hebrews 7:23 | Now on the one hand, these many have become priests because (dia | διά | prep-acc) they were hindered by death from continuing in office, |
| Hebrews 7:24 | but on the other hand, Jesus, because (dia | διά | prep-acc) he remains forever, has a priesthood that is permanent. |
