διά
diá
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act;
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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 though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in)
Usage
687 occurrences · 0 OT · 687 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by229 · 38%
- for98 · 16%
- through86 · 14%
- because50 · 8%
- therefore42 · 7%
- with15 · 2%
- wherefore12 · 2%
- cause12 · 2%
- sake10 · 2%
- in8 · 1%
- sakes6 · 1%
- thereby4 · 1%
- yet for3 · 0%
- after3 · 0%
- men for3 · 0%
- whereby3 · 0%
- of3 · 0%
- throughout3 · 0%
- by reason of2 · 0%
- by reason2 · 0%
- though2 · 0%
- that through2 · 0%
- always2 · 0%
- name's sake2 · 0%
- at2 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.