διάdiá

1. with genitive, through

(i) of Place, after verbs of motion or action: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 12:43, Mark 2:23, Luke 4:30, John 4:4, 2 Corinthians 11:33, and elsewhere; σώζεσθαι (διας-) δ. πυρός, ὕδατος, 1 Corinthians 3:15, 1 Peter 3:20; βλέπειν δ. ἐσόπτρου, 1 Corinthians 13:12; metaphorically, of a state or condition: Romans 14:20, 2 Corinthians 2:4, 2 Corinthians 5:7, 10; δ. γράμματος, ἀκροβυστίας, Romans 2:27, Romans 4:11; δι’ ὑπομενῆς, Romans 8:25.

(ii) Of Time

(a) during which: Matthew 26:61, Mark 14:58, Luke 5:5; δ. παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν, Hebrews 2:15; δ. παντός (διαπαντός in Mark 5:5, Luke 24:53), always, continually, Matthew 18:10, Acts 2:25 (LXX) Acts 10:1, Acts 24:16, Romans 11:10 (LXX), 2 Thessalonians 3:16, Hebrews 9:6, Hebrews 13:15.

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

(c) after which: Mark 2:1, Acts 24:17, Galatians 2:1.

(iii) Of the Means or Instrument

(1) of the efficient cause (regarded also as the instrument): of God, Romans 11:36, 1 Corinthians 1:9, Galatians 4:7, Hebrews 2:10, Hebrews 7:21; of Christ, Romans 1:8, Romans 5:1, Romans 5:17, 1 Corinthians 15:21, 1 Peter 4:11, and elsewhere; δ. τ. ὑμῶν δεήσεως, Romans 1:12, 2 Corinthians 1:4, Galatians 4:23, and elsewhere

(2) of the agent, instrument or means

(a) with genitive of person, Matthew 11:2, Luke 1:70, John 1:17, Acts 1:16, Romans 2:16, 1 Corinthians 1:21, Ephesians 1:5, Hebrews 2:14, Revelation 1:1, and elsewhere; ὑπὸ τ. κυρίου δ. τ. προφήτου (δ. τ. κυρίου, 1 Thessalonians 4:2; Lft., Rev., 121 f.), Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:15, Romans 1:2; δ. ἐπιστολῆς ὡς δ. ἡμῶν, 2 Thessalonians 2:2; δ. Σ. (NTD, 22), 1 Peter 5:12

(b) with genitive of thing (where often the simple dative is used in classical Greek; Jannaris, Gr., 375), John 11:4, Acts 5:12; δ. τ. πίστεως, Romans 3:30; δ. λόγου θεοῦ, 1 Peter 1:23; δ. παραβολῆς, Luke 8:4; δουλεύειν δ. τ. ἀγάπης, Galatians 5:13; δ. ἐπαγγελίας, Galatians 3:18.

2. C. accusative

(i) rarely, as with genitive, through (Hom), δ. μέσον Σαμαρίας, Luke 17:11.

(ii) by reason of, because of, for the sake of

(a) with acc person, Mark 2:27, John 6:57, John 11:42, Romans 8:20

(b) with accusative of thing, δ. φθόνον, Matthew 27:18, Mark 15:10; δ. φόβον, John 7:13, John 20:19; δ. ἀγάπην, Ephesians 2:4; δ. τοῦτο, frequently, for this cause, therefore, Matthew 6:25, Mark 6:14, Luke 11:49, John 6:65, and elsewhere; id. followed by ὅτι, John 5:16, John 10:17, and elsewhere; δ. τί, why, Matthew 9:11, Matthew 9:14, Mark 2:18, John 7:45, and elsewhere; δ. τό, with infinitive, Mark 5:4, Luke 9:7, James 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, as διαφύγω, διακαθαρίζω.