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
| James 2:12 | So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by (dia | διά | prep-gen) the law that brings freedom. |
| James 4:2 | You desire and do not have; you murder and envy and cannot obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because (dia | διά | prep-acc) you do not ask. |
| 1 Peter 1:3 | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy gave us new birth into a living hope through (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, |
| 1 Peter 1:5 | who by the power of God are being guarded through (dia | διά | prep-gen) faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. |
| 1 Peter 1:7 | so that the genuineness of your faith (which is more precious than gold that perishes), having been tested by (dia | διά | prep-gen) fire, may be found to your praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
| 1 Peter 1:12 | To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to you, they were ministering these things that now have been announced to you through (dia | διά | prep-gen) those who preached to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven — things into which angels long to look. |
| 1 Peter 1:20 | He was chosen in advance, before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the times for (di | δι᾿ | prep-acc) you |
| 1 Peter 1:21 | who through (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) him believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. |
| 1 Peter 1:23 | for you have been born again not of perishable seed but of imperishable, by (dia | διά | prep-gen) means of the living and enduring word of God. |
| 1 Peter 2:5 | you also, like living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through (dia | διά | prep-gen) Jesus Christ. |
| 1 Peter 2:13 | Submit to every human authority on account of (dia | διά | prep-acc) the Lord, whether to the king as supreme, |
| 1 Peter 2:14 | or to governors as those sent by (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) him for the punishment of those who do evil and the praise of those who do good. |
| 1 Peter 2:19 | For this is commendable, if because (dia | διά | prep-acc) of conscience toward God someone endures pain while suffering unjustly. |
| 1 Peter 3:1 | wives should be subject to their own husbands, so that even if some of them refuse to believe the word, they may be won without a word by (dia | διά | prep-gen) the conduct of their wives |
| 1 Peter 3:14 | But even if you should suffer because of (dia | διά | prep-acc) righteousness, blessed are you. And do not fear their threats or be troubled, |
| 1 Peter 3:20 | who once were disobedient when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being built, in which a few, that is eight souls, were brought safely through (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) water. |
| 1 Peter 3:21 | This water prefigures baptism, which now saves you — not the removal of dirt from the body but the answer of a good conscience to God — by (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
| 1 Peter 4:11 | if someone speaks, as speaking the oracles of God; if someone serves, as by the strength that God supplies — so that in everything God may be glorified through (dia | διά | prep-gen) Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and power forever and ever. Amen. |
| 1 Peter 5:12 | By (dia | διά | prep-gen) Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) to you, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. |
| 2 Peter 1:3 | His divine power has freely given to us everything we need for a life of godliness, through (dia | διά | prep-gen) the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and might, |
| 2 Peter 1:4 | by means (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) of which he has freely given to us his precious and splendid promises, so that through (dia | διά | prep-gen) them you may escape the corruption that is in the world caused by sinful desire and become partakers of the divine nature. |
| 2 Peter 2:2 | Many will follow their immoral lifestyle, and because of (di | δι᾿ | prep-acc) them the way of truth will be maligned. |
| 2 Peter 3:5 | For in maintaining this, they overlook the fact that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) of water. |
| 2 Peter 3:6 | By (di | δι᾿ | prep-gen) these the world of that time was destroyed, being deluged with water. |
| 2 Peter 3:12 | waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of (di | δι᾿ | prep-acc) which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the elements will melt in the heat. |
