διά diá

Meaning

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

In the King James Version: 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)

Derivation: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act;

Where it is used

• John 17:20 I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,
• John 19:11 Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
• John 19:23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
• John 19:38 Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
• John 19:42 And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
• John 20:19 It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
• Acts 1:2 until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
• Acts 1:3 After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
• Acts 1:16 “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
• Acts 2:16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
• Acts 2:22 Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
• Acts 2:23 He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
• Acts 2:25 David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
• Acts 2:26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
• Acts 2:43 A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.
• Acts 3:16 By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
• Acts 3:18 But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
• Acts 3:21 Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
• Acts 4:2 greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
• Acts 4:16 “What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
• Acts 4:21 After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
• Acts 4:25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Acts 4:30 as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
• Acts 5:3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
• Acts 5:12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
• Acts 5:19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
• Acts 7:25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
• Acts 8:11 They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
• Acts 8:18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
• Acts 8:20 But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
• Acts 9:25 One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
• Acts 9:32 As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
• Acts 10:2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
• Acts 10:21 So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
• Acts 10:36 He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
• Acts 10:43 All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
• Acts 11:28 One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
• Acts 11:30 This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
• Acts 12:9 So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
• Acts 12:20 Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
• Acts 13:38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
• Acts 13:49 And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
• Acts 14:3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
• Acts 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• Acts 15:7 After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
• Acts 15:11 On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
• Acts 15:12 The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
• Acts 15:23 and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
• Acts 15:27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.
• Acts 15:32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
• Acts 16:3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
• Acts 16:9 During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
• Acts 17:10 As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
• Acts 18:2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
• Acts 18:3 and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
• Acts 18:9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
• Acts 18:27 When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
• Acts 18:28 For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
• Acts 19:11 God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
• Acts 19:26 And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.