Strong G1236διάγω
to live
- Transliteration
- diagō
- Pronunciation
- dee-ag'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δι-άγω
[in LXX for עבר hi., etc.;]
1. to carry over.
2. Of time, to pass: βίον, 1Ti.2:2; absol., to live, before ἐν, Tit.3:3.†
(AS)
[in LXX for עבר hi., etc.;]
1. to carry over.
2. Of time, to pass: βίον, 1Ti.2:2; absol., to live, before ἐν, Tit.3:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1236 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lead1
- live1
First verses
- 1 Timothy 2:2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
- Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διάγω [ᾰ],
carry over or across, πορθμῆες δ᾽ ἄρα τούς γε διήγαγον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.187, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.78; δ. ἐπὶ σχεδίας ἄρτους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.28.)]
b intransitive, cross over, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.2.12.)]
2 draw through, τὴν προβοσκίδα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.968d.)]
3 Geometry texts, draw through or across, produce a line, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1.21, +others)]
4 draw apart, τὰ ὄμματα [Refs (“IG” 4.951.121 (Epid.).)]
II of Time, pass, spend, αἰῶνα [Refs (“Hymni Homerici” 20.7)]; βίοτον, βίον, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 711, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1619, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 464; δ. τὸν βίον μαχόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 579d; ἡσύχιον βίον δ. ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ NT.1Tim.2.2)]; γῆρας, νύκτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.6, “An.” 6.5.1; χρόνον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 10 (but χρόνος διῆγέ με, ={χρόνον διῆγον}, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 782))]; δ. ἑορτήν celebrate it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.363f: hence,)]
II.2 intransitive, without βίον, pass life, live, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 191, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.254, 25.82)]; ={διαιτῶμαι, διατρίβω}, Thom.Mag.p.90,98 R.; δ. ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174b)]; tarry, ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Euthphr.” 3e; ἐν προαστείῳ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.5)]:—middle, διαγόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344e, etc.; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσεβῶς δ. “Michel” 352.15 (from Iasus).)]
II.2.b delay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.3)]: with accusative, spin out, protract, τοὺς λόγους [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.17.)]
II.2.c with accusative person, divert, fob off, ἐλπίδας λέγων διῆγε [τοὺς στρατιώτας] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 53, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Phal.” 1.3.)]
II.2.d continue, δ. σιωπῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.14)]: frequently with participle, continue doing so and so, δ. λιπαρέοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94)]; δ. μανθάνων, ἐπιμελόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.6, 7.5.85.)]
II.2.e with adverbs, ἐν τοῖς χαλεπώτατα δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.71; ἄριστα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.15; εὖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 625b23; ἀκινδύνως [prev. author] “Pol.” 1295b33)]; also εὐσεβῆ δ. τρόπον περί τινα conduct oneself piously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 457.)]
III cause to continue, keep in a certain state, πόλιν ὀρθοδίκαιον δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 995 (Lyric poetry); πόλεις ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.41; ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ βίον.. διῆγεν ὑμᾶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.89; τὸ ὑπήκοον ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ δ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.30.)]
IV entertain, feed, τραγήμασι καὶ λαχάνοις τὸν στρατόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 10.4)]:—passive, [λέων] μελιτούτταις διήγετο [Refs ([prev. author] “VA” 5.42.)]
V manage, κάλλιστα πάντα δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 273c; πανηγυρικώτερον δ. τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχήν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.34.3.)]
VI separate, force apart, τὰ σκέλεα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 230, LXX.Eze.16.25; τοὺς ὀδόντας 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.6.)]
VI.2 divert, τινὰ ἀπό τινος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Her.Prooem.” 3)]; simply, divert, τὰς βασιλείους φροντίδας [Refs ([prev. author] “VS” 1.8.2.)]
carry over or across, πορθμῆες δ᾽ ἄρα τούς γε διήγαγον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.187, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.78; δ. ἐπὶ σχεδίας ἄρτους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.28.)]
b intransitive, cross over, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.2.12.)]
2 draw through, τὴν προβοσκίδα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.968d.)]
3 Geometry texts, draw through or across, produce a line, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1.21, +others)]
4 draw apart, τὰ ὄμματα [Refs (“IG” 4.951.121 (Epid.).)]
II of Time, pass, spend, αἰῶνα [Refs (“Hymni Homerici” 20.7)]; βίοτον, βίον, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 711, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1619, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 464; δ. τὸν βίον μαχόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 579d; ἡσύχιον βίον δ. ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ NT.1Tim.2.2)]; γῆρας, νύκτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.6, “An.” 6.5.1; χρόνον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 10 (but χρόνος διῆγέ με, ={χρόνον διῆγον}, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 782))]; δ. ἑορτήν celebrate it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.363f: hence,)]
II.2 intransitive, without βίον, pass life, live, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 191, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.254, 25.82)]; ={διαιτῶμαι, διατρίβω}, Thom.Mag.p.90,98 R.; δ. ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174b)]; tarry, ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Euthphr.” 3e; ἐν προαστείῳ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.5)]:—middle, διαγόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344e, etc.; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσεβῶς δ. “Michel” 352.15 (from Iasus).)]
II.2.b delay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.3)]: with accusative, spin out, protract, τοὺς λόγους [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.17.)]
II.2.c with accusative person, divert, fob off, ἐλπίδας λέγων διῆγε [τοὺς στρατιώτας] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 53, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Phal.” 1.3.)]
II.2.d continue, δ. σιωπῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.14)]: frequently with participle, continue doing so and so, δ. λιπαρέοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94)]; δ. μανθάνων, ἐπιμελόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.6, 7.5.85.)]
II.2.e with adverbs, ἐν τοῖς χαλεπώτατα δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.71; ἄριστα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.15; εὖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 625b23; ἀκινδύνως [prev. author] “Pol.” 1295b33)]; also εὐσεβῆ δ. τρόπον περί τινα conduct oneself piously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 457.)]
III cause to continue, keep in a certain state, πόλιν ὀρθοδίκαιον δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 995 (Lyric poetry); πόλεις ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.41; ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ βίον.. διῆγεν ὑμᾶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.89; τὸ ὑπήκοον ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ δ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.30.)]
IV entertain, feed, τραγήμασι καὶ λαχάνοις τὸν στρατόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 10.4)]:—passive, [λέων] μελιτούτταις διήγετο [Refs ([prev. author] “VA” 5.42.)]
V manage, κάλλιστα πάντα δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 273c; πανηγυρικώτερον δ. τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχήν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.34.3.)]
VI separate, force apart, τὰ σκέλεα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 230, LXX.Eze.16.25; τοὺς ὀδόντας 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.6.)]
VI.2 divert, τινὰ ἀπό τινος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Her.Prooem.” 3)]; simply, divert, τὰς βασιλείους φροντίδας [Refs ([prev. author] “VS” 1.8.2.)]