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Strong G1223διά

through/because of

Transliteration
dia
Pronunciation
dee-ah'
Morphology
Greek Preposition

Definition

A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act;
through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import: - 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). In composition it retains the same general import.

Detailed definition

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)

In the Bible

Strong G1223 appears in 605 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • by223
  • for110
  • through92
  • because38
  • therefore38
  • sake17
  • of16
  • with16
  • wherefore12
  • in8
  • cause7
  • reason4

First verses

  1. Matthew 1:22
    Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
  2. Matthew 2:5
    And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
  3. Matthew 2:12
    And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
  4. Matthew 2:15
    And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
  5. Matthew 2:23
    And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
  6. Matthew 4:4
    But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
  7. Matthew 4:14
    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
  8. Matthew 6:25
    Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
  9. Matthew 7:13
    Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
  10. Matthew 8:17
    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
  11. Matthew 8:28
    And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
  12. Matthew 9:11
    And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
  13. Matthew 9:14
    Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
  14. Matthew 10:22
    And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
  15. Matthew 12:1
    At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
  16. Matthew 12:17
    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
  17. Matthew 12:27
    And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
  18. Matthew 12:31
    Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
  19. Matthew 12:43
    When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
  20. Matthew 13:5
    Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διά,
poetry διαί (Aeolic dialect ζά, which see), preposition governing genitive and accusative — Rad. sense, through; never anastrophic [Prop. δῐᾰ: but [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] uses ῑ at the beginning of a line, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.357, 4.135, +others)]: also ᾱ, for the sake of meter, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, for which 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)] uses διαί in Lyric poetry, [Refs (“Ag.” 448, +others])]
A WITH GEN.
A.I of Place or Space:
A.I.1 of motion in a line, from one end to the other, right through, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] frequently of the effect of weapons, διὰ μὲν ἀσπίδος ἦλθε.. ἔγχος καὶ διὰ θώρηκος.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.357; δουρὶ βάλεν Δάμασον κυνέης διά 12.183; δι᾽ ὤμου.. ἔγχος ἦλθεν 4.481; in Prose, τιτρώσκειν διὰ τοῦ θώρακος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.26; διὰ τοῦ ὀρόφου ἐφαίνετο πῦρ [prev. work] 7.4.16: also of persons, διὰ Σκαιῶν πεδίονδ᾽ ἔχον ὠκέας ἵππους)] out through the Scaean gate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.263)]; δι᾽ ἠέρος αἰθέρ᾽ ἵκανεν quite through the lower air even to the ether, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.288, compare 2.458)]; διὰ Τρώων πέτετο straight through them,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (13.755; δι᾽ ὄμματος.. λείβων δάκρυον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1250, etc.)]: also in Compos. with πρό and ἐκ, see at {διαπρό},{διέκ}: in adverbial phrases, διὰ πασῶν (i.e. χορδῶν), see at {διαπασῶν}:from beginning to end,_ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 275, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 519c, etc.: with _adjectives_ alone, δ. παντός)]continually, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 862 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; δι᾽ ὀλίγου for a short time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77; δ. μακροῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 320; ὁ δ. μέσου χρόνος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.27.)]
A.I.2 of the interval which has passed between two points of Time, δ. χρόνου πολλοῦ or δ. πολλοῦ χρ. after a long time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.27, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1045; δ. μακρῶν χρόνων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22d: without an)] adjective, δ. χρόνου after a time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 758, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.28, etc.)]; δι᾽ ἡμερῶν after several days, [NT (NT.Mark.2.1)]; and with adjectives alone, δι᾽ ὀλίγου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.14; οὐ δ. μακροῦ [prev. author] 6.15, 91; δ. πολλοῦ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 2, etc.: with Numerals, δι᾽ ἐτέων εἴκοσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.118, compare “OGI” 56.38 (3rd c.BC), etc.: but δ. τῆς ἑβδόμης)] till the seventh day, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 21: also distributively, χρόνος δ. χρόνου προὔβαινε)] time after time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 285; ἄλλος δι᾽ ἄλλου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1248.)]
A.I.3 of successive Intervals, δ. τρίτης ἡμέρης every other day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37; δ. τρίτου ἔτεος [prev. work] 4, etc.)]; δ. πεντετηρίδος every four years (with inclusive reckoning), [Refs ([prev. author] 3.97)]; δι᾽ ἔτους πέμπτου, of the Olympic games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 584 (but δι᾽ ἑνδεκάτου ἔτεος)] in the course of the eleventh year, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.62).)]
A.III causal, through, by,
A.III.a of the Agent, δι᾽ ἀλλέλων or -ου ἐπικηρυκεύεσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι, by the mouth of.., [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.69, 6.4, compare 1.113; δι᾽ ἑρμηνέως λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.17, etc.; τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ Κυρίου δ. τοῦ προφήτου NT.Matt.1.22; δι᾽ ἑκόντων ἀλλ᾽ οὐ δ. βίας ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 58b)]; πεσόντ᾽ ἀλλοτρίας διαὶ γυναικός by her doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 448 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ θεῶν γεγονὼς δ. βασιλέων πεφυκώς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.24)]; δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ ποιεῖν τι of oneself, not by another's agency, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.1.4)], etc.; but also, by oneself alone, unassisted, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.14, compare 22.38.)]
A.III.b of the Instrument or Means, δ. χειρῶν by hand (properly by holding between the hands), δι᾽ ὁσίων χ. θιγών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 470)]; also δ. χερῶν λαβεῖν, δ. χειρὸς ἔχειν in the hand, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 916, 1258 (but τὰ τῶν ξυμμάχων δ. χειρὸς ἔχειν)] to keep a firm hand on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13); δ. στέρνων ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 639; ἡ ἀκούουσα πηγὴ δι᾽ ὤτων [prev. author] “OT” 1387; δ. στόματος ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.25; δ. μνήμης ἔχειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 9; αἱ δ. τοῦ σώματος ἡδοναί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.6)]; δ. λόγων συγγίγνεσθαι to hold intercourse by word, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 272b; δ. λόγου ἀπαγγέλλειν NT.Act.15.27; δι᾽ ἐπιστολῶν NT.2Cor.10.9, “POxy.” 1070.15 (3rd c.AD).)]
A.III.c of Manner (where διά with its Noun frequently serves as an adverb), δ. μέθης ποιήσασθαι τὴν συνουσίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 176e)]; παίω δι᾽ ὀργῆς through passion, in passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 807)]; δ. τάχους, ={ταχέως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 822, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.63 (but δ. ταχέων [prev. work] 80, +others))]; δ. σπουδῆς in haste, hastily, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 212)]; δι᾽ αἰδοῦς with reverence, respectfully, [Refs ([prev. work] 441)]; δ. ψευδῶν ἔπη lying words, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 309)]; αἱ δ. καρτερίας ἐπιμέλειαι long-continued exertions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.20)]; δι᾽ ἀκριβείας, δ. πάσης ἀκρ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 23d, “Lg.” 876c; δ. σιγῆς [prev. author] “Grg.” 450c; δ. ξυμφορῶν ἡ ξύμβασις ἐγένετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.10; οὐ δι᾽ αἰνιγμάτων, ἀλλ᾽ ἐναργῶς γέγραπται 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.121; δι᾽ αἵματος, οὐ δ. μέλανος τοὺς νόμους ὁ Δράκων ἔγραψεν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 17: also with _adjectives_, δ. βραχέων, δ. μακρῶν τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖσθαι, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449b; ἀποκρίνεσθαι δ. βραχυτάτων [prev. passage] d; compare infr. IV.)]
A.III.2 in later Prose, of Material out of which a thing is made, κατασκευάζειν εἴδωλα δι᾽ ἐλέφαντος καὶ χρυσοῦ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.115; θυσίαι δι᾽ ἀλφίτου καὶ σπονδῆς πεποιημέναι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 8; βρώματα δ. μέλιτος καὶ γάλακτος γιγνόμενα 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.646e; οἶνος δ. βουνίου 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.46.)]
A.IV διά τινος ἔχειν, εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, to express conditions or states, ἀγὼν διὰ πάσης ἀγωνίης ἔχων extending through every kind of contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91; δι᾽ ἡσυχίης εἶναι [prev. author] 1.206)]; δι᾽ ὄχλου εἶναι to be troublesome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 888; δ. φόβου εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.59; δι᾽ ἀπεχθείας γίγνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.2; ἡ ἐπιμέλεια δ. χάριτος γίγνεται [prev. passage]; δ. μιᾶς γνώμης γίγνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.138.)]
A.IV.b with Verbs of motion, δ. μάχης ἐλεύσονται will engage in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.9; ἐλθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92)]; δ. παντὸς πολέμου, δ. φιλίας ἰέναι τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.8)]; δ. δίκης ἰέναι τινί go to law with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 742, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.60; δ. τύχης ἰέναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 773; δι᾽ ὀργῆς ἥκειν [prev. author] “OC” 905)]; ἐμαυτῷ δ. λόγων ἀφικόμην I held converse with myself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 872)]; δ. λόγων, δ. γλώσσης ἰέναι come to open speech, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 916, “Supp.” 112)]; δ. φιλημάτων ἰέναι come to kissing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Andr.” 416; δ. δικαιοσύνης ἰέναι καὶ σωφροσύνης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 323a, etc.)]; δ. πυρὸς ἰέναι (see. πῦρ): in passive sense, δι᾽ ἀπεχθείας ἐλθεῖν τινι to be hated by.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 121 (_anapaest meter_).)]
A.IV.c with transitive Verbs, δι᾽ αἰτίας ἔχειν or ἄγειν τινά hold in fault, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 9.32; δι᾽ ὀργῆς ἔχειν τινά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, etc.; δ. φυλακῆς ἔχειν τι [prev. author] 7.8)]; δι᾽ οἴκτου ἔχειν τινά, δι᾽ αἰσχύνης ἔχειν τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 851, “IT” 683; δ. πένθους τὸ γῆρας διάγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.6; δι᾽ οὐδενὸς ποιεῖσθαί τι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 584.)]
B WITH Acc.
B.I of Place, only poetical, in same sense as διά with genitive:
B.I.1 through, ἓξ δὲ δ. πτύχας ἦλθε.. χαλκός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.247; ἤϊξε δ. δρυμὰ.. καὶ ὕλην 11.118, compare 23.122, etc.)]; δ. τάφρον ἐλαύνειν across it,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (12.62; δ. δώματα ποιπνύοντα 1.600; ἐπὶ χθόνα καὶ δ. πόντον βέβακεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).41; φεύγειν δ. κῦμ᾽ ἅλιον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 14 (_anapaest meter_).)]
B.I.2 through, among, in, οἴκεον δι᾽ ἄκριας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.400; ἄραβος δὲ δ. στόμα γίγνετ᾽ ὀδόντων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.375 (but μῦθον, ὃν.. δ. στόμα.. ἄγοιτο)] through his mouth,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.91; so δ. στόμα ὄσσαν ἱεῖσαι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 65; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡ γυνή σ᾽ ἔχει δ. στόμα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 855); δ. κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 631; νόμοι δι᾽ αἰθέρα τεκνωθέντες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 867 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.II of Time, also poetical, δ. νύκτα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.57, etc.)]; δ. γλυκὺν ὕπνον during sweet sleep, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 4.91.)]
B.III causal:
B.III.1 of persons, thanks to, by aid of, νικῆσαι δ... Ἀθήνην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.520, compare 13.121; δ. δμῳὰς.. εἷλον 19.154)]; δ. σε by thy fault or service, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1129, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 145, compare 160, 170)]: in Prose, by reason of, on account of, δ᾽ ἡμᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.41, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.33, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.249; οὐ δι᾽ ἐμαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.144)]; so εἰ μὴ διά τινα if it had not been for.., εἰ μὴ δι᾽ ἄνδρας ἀγαθούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.60; Μιλτιάδην εἰς τὸ βάραθρον ἐμβαλεῖν ἐψηφίσαντο, καὶ εἰ μὴ δ. τὸν πρύτανιν ἐνέπεσεν ἄν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 516e, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.74; εἰ μὴ δ. τὴν ἐκείνου μέλλησιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 558; πλέον᾽ ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν γενέσθαι δι᾽ Ὅμηρον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.21.)]
B.III.2 of things, to express the Cause, Occasion, or Purpose, δι᾽ ἐμὴν ἰότητα because of my will, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.41; Διὸς μεγάλου δ. βουλάς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.82)]; δι᾽ ἀφραδίας for, through want of thought,[Refs (19.523; δι᾽ ἀτασθαλίας 23.67)]; δι᾽ ἔνδειαν by reason of poverty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.6)]; δ. καῦμα, δ. χειμῶνα,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.7.6; δι᾽ ἄγνοιαν καὶ ἀμαθίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 360b, etc.)]: frequently also with neuter adjectives, δ. τ; wherefore?; δ. τοῦτο, δ. ταῦτα on this account; δι᾽ ὅ, δι᾽ ἅ on which account; δ. πολλά for many reasons, etc.
B.III.3 ={ἕνεκα}, to express Purpose, δἰ ἀχθηδόνα for the sake of vexing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.40, compare 5.53)]; δ. τὴν τούτου σαφήνειαν with a view to clearing this up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 524c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1172b21)]; αὐτή δι᾽ αὑτήν for its own sake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 367b, etc.)]
C WITHOUT CASE as adverb throughout, δ. πρό (see. supr. A.I.I); δ. δ᾽ ἀμπερές [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.377.)]
D IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words),
D.I through, right through, of Space, διαβαίνω, διέχω, διιππεύω.
D.II in different directions, as in διαπέμπω, διαφορέ; of separation, asunder, διαιρέω, διαλύ; of difference or disagreement, at variance, διαφωνέω, διαφέρ; or simply mutual relation, one with another, διαγωνίζομαι, διάδω, διαθέω, διαπίνω, διαφιλοτιμέομαι.
D.III pre-eminence, διαπρέπω, διαφέρω.
D.IV completion, to the end, utterly, διεργάζομαι, διαμάχομαι, διαπράττω, διαφθείρω: of Time, διαβιόω.
D.V to add strength, thoroughly, out and out, διαγαληνίζω, etc.; compare ζά.
D.VI of mixture, between, partly, especially in adjective, as διάλευκος, διάχρυσος, διάχλωρος, etc.
D.VII of leaving an interval or breach, διαλείπω, διαναπαύω. (Cogn. with δύο, δίς.)