διά

διά (before a vowel δ᾽, exc. Rom 8,10, 2 Kor 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: Matt 2,12; 12,43, Mark 2,23, Luk 4,30, Joh 4,4, 2 Kor 11,33, al.; σώζεσθαι (διας-) δ. πυρός, ὕδατος, 1 Kor 3,15, 1 Pet 3,20; βλέπειν δ. ἐσόπτρου, 1 Kor 13,12 metaphorically, of a state or condition: Rom 14,20, 2 Kor 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: Matt 26,61, Mark 14,58, Luk 5,5; δ. παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν, Hebr 2,15 δ. παντός (διαπαντός in Mark 5,5, Luk 24,53), always, continually, Matt 18,10, ApG 2,25" (LXX) 10:2 24:16, Rom 11,10" (LXX), 2 Thess 3,16, Hebr 9,6; 13,15.

(b) within which: ApG 1,3 δ. νυκτός, ApG 5,19; 16,9; 17,10; 23,31;

(with) after which (Field, Notes, 20; Abbott, JG, 255f.): Mark 2,1, ApG 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, 1 Kor 1,9, Gal 4,7, Hebr 2,10; 7,21; of Christ, Rom 1,8; 5,1, 17, 1 Kor 15,21, 1 Pet 4,11, al.; δ. τ. ὑμῶν δεήσεως, Rom 1,12, 2 Kor 1,4, Gal 4,23, al.;

(2) of the agent, instrument or means;

(a) with genitive of person(s), Matt 11,2, Luk 1,70, Joh 1,17, ApG 1,16, Rom 2,16, 1 Kor 1,21, Ef 1,5, Hebr 2,14, Åb 1,1, al.; ὑπὸ τ. κυρίου δ. τ. προφήτου (δ. τ. κυρίου, 1 Thess 4,2 (M, Th., in l.); Lft., Rev., 121f.), Matt 1,22; 2,15, Rom 1,2; δ. ἐπιστολῆς ὡς δ. ἡμῶν (Field, Notes, 202), 2 Thess 2,2 δ. Σ. (NTD, 22), 1 Pet 5,12

(b) with genitive of thing(s) (where often the simple dative is used in cl.; Jannaris, Gr., 375), Joh 11,4, ApG 5,12; δ. τ. πίστεως, Rom 3,30 δ. λόγου θεοῦ, 1 Pet 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), Mark 2,27, Joh 6,57; 11,42, Rom 8,20;

(b) with accusative of thing(s), δ. φθόνον, Matt 27,18, Mark 15,10; δ. φόβον, Joh 7,13; 20,19; δ. ἀγάπην, Ef 2,4 δ. τοῦτο, freq., for this cause, therefore, Matt 6,25, Mark 6,14, Luk 11,49, Joh 6,65, al.; id. before ὅτι, Joh 5,16; 10,17, al.; δ. τί, why, Matt 9,11, 14 Mark 2,18, Joh 7,45, al.; δ. τό, with inf., Mark 5,4, Luk 9,7, Jak 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.