διαγίνομαιdiagínomai
to elapse meanwhile
Greek (New Testament) · G1230
Meanings
1. to go through, to pass, e.g. τ. νύκτα; absolutely, to live.
2. Of time, to intervene, elapse: participle, with ἡμερῶν τινῶν, Acts 25:13; ἱκανοῦ χρόνου, Acts 27:9; τ. σαβάτου, Mark 16:1.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Mark 16:1 Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body.
- Acts 25:13 A few days later King Agrippa arrived with his sister, Bernice, to pay their respects to Festus.
- Acts 27:9 We had lost a lot of time. The weather was becoming dangerous for sea travel because it was so late in the fall, and Paul spoke to the ship’s officers about it.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.