διά

G1223 G:PREP

through/because of

διά (before a vowel δ᾽, exc. Rom.8:10 , 2Co.5:7 , and in (Proper name)s; Tdf., Pr. , 94), prep. with genitive, accusative, as in cl.; __1. with genitive, through ; __(i) of Place, after verbs of motion or action : Mat.2:12 12:43 , Mrk.2:23 , Luk.4:30 , Jhn.4:4 , 2Co.11:33 , al.; σώζεσθαι (διας-) δ. πυρός, ὕδατος, 1Co.3:15 , 1Pe.3:20 ; βλέπειν δ. ἐσόπτρου, 1Co.13:12; metaphorically, of a state or condition: Rom.14:20 , 2Co.2:4 5:7 , 10; δ. γράμματος, ἀκροβυστίας (Lft., Notes , 263, 279), Rom.2:27 4:11 ; δι ̓ὑπομενῆς, Rom.8:25. __(ii) Of Time ; __(a) during which : Mat.26:61 , Mrk.14:58 , Luk.5:5 ; δ. παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν, Heb.2:15; δ. παντός (διαπαντός in Mrk.5:5 , Luk.24:53 ), always, continually , Mat.18:10 , Act.2:25 " (LXX) 10:2 24:16, Rom.11:10 " (LXX), 2Th.3:16 , Heb.9:6 13:15 . __(b) within which : Act.1:3; δ. νυκτός, Act.5:19 16:9 17:10 23:31 ; __(with) after which (Field, Notes , 20; Abbott, JG , 255f.): Mrk.2:1 , Act.24:17 , Gal.2:1 . __(iii) Of the Means or Instrument ; __(1) of the efficient cause (regarded also as the instrument): of God, Rom.11:36 , 1Co.1:9 , Gal.4:7 , Heb.2:10 7:21 ; of Christ, Rom.1:8 5:1, 17 , 1Co.15:21 , 1Pe.4:11 , al.; δ. τ. ὑμῶν δεήσεως, Rom.1:12 , 2Co.1:4 , Gal.4:23 , al.; __(2) of the agent, instrument or means ; __(a) with genitive of person(s), Mat.11:2 , Luk.1:70 , Jhn.1:17 , Act.1:16 , Rom.2:16 , 1Co.1:21 , Eph.1:5 , Heb.2:14 , Rev.1:1 , al.; ὑπὸ τ. κυρίου δ. τ. προφήτου (δ. τ. κυρίου, 1Th.4:2 (M, Th. , in l.); Lft., Rev. , 121f.), Mat.1:22 2:15 , Rom.1:2 ; δ. ἐπιστολῆς ὡς δ. ἡμῶν (Field, Notes , 202), 2Th.2:2; δ. Σ. ( NTD , 22), 1Pe.5:12; __(b) with genitive of thing(s) (where often the simple dative is used in cl.; Jannaris, Gr. , 375), Jhn.11:4 , Act.5:12 ; δ. τ. πίστεως, Rom.3:30; δ. λόγου θεοῦ, 1Pe.1:23; δ. παραβολῆς, Luk.8:4; δουλεύειν δ. τ. ἀγάπης, Gal.5:13; δ. ἐπαγγελίας, Gal.3:18 , __2. C. accusative; __(i) rarely, as with genitive, through (Hom), δ. μέσον Σαμαρίας (ICC, in l.; Bl., §42, 1; Robertson, Gr. , 581), Luk.17:11. __(ii) by reason of, because of, for the sake of ; __(a) with accusative of person(s) (M, Pr. , 105), Mrk.2:27 , Jhn.6:57 11:42 , Rom.8:20 ; __(b) with accusative of thing(s), δ. φθόνον, Mat.27:18 , Mrk.15:10 ; δ. φόβον, Jhn.7:13 20:19 ; δ. ἀγάπην, Eph.2:4; δ. τοῦτο, freq., for this cause, therefore , Mat.6:25 , Mrk.6:14 , Luk.11:49 , Jhn.6:65 , al.; id. before ὅτι, Jhn.5:16 10:17 , al.; δ. τί, why , Mat.9:11, 14 Mrk.2:18 , Jhn.7:45 , al.; δ. τό, with inf., Mrk.5:4 , Luk.9:7 , Jas.4:2 . __3. In composition, __(1) through , as in διαβαίνω; __(2) of separation, asunder , as in διασπάω; __(3) of distribution, abroad , as in διαγγέλλω; __(4) of transition, as διαλλάσσω ; __(5) of "perfective" action (M, Pr. , 112f., 115f.), as διαφύγω, διακαθαρίζω. (AS)