διαφέρω diaphérō
Meaning
to bear through, i.e. (literally) transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. (objectively) to toss about (figuratively, report); subjectively, to "differ", or (by implication) surpass
In the King James Version: be better, carry, differ from, drive up and down, be (more) excellent, make matter, publish, be of more value
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G5342 (φέρω);
Where it is used
- Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- Matthew 10:31 So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- Matthew 12:12 How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
- Mark 11:16 And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
- Luke 12:7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
- Acts 13:49 And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
- Acts 27:27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
- Romans 2:18 if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
- 1 Corinthians 15:41 The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
- Galatians 2:6 But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.
- Galatians 4:1 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
- Philippians 1:10 so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,