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Lexicon :: Strong's G1308 - diapherō

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διαφέρω
Transliteration
diapherō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-af-er'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:62,1252

Strong’s Definitions

διαφέρω diaphérō, dee-af-er'-o; from G1223 and G5342; 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:—be better, carry, differ from, drive up and down, be (more) excellent, make matter, publish, be of more value.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G1308 in the following manner: be better (3x), be of more value (2x), differ from (2x), should carry (1x), publish (1x), drive up and down (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G1308 in the following manner: be better (3x), be of more value (2x), differ from (2x), should carry (1x), publish (1x), drive up and down (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to bear or carry through any place

  2. to carry different ways

    1. to carry in different directions, to different places

      1. of people who are carried hither and thither in a ship, driven to and fro

    2. to differ, to test, prove, the good things that differ,

      1. to distinguish between good and evil, lawful and unlawful, to approve of things that excel, to differ from one

      2. to excel, surpass one

    3. impersonally, it makes a difference, it matters, is of importance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διαφέρω diaphérō, dee-af-er'-o; from G1223 and G5342; 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:—be better, carry, differ from, drive up and down, be (more) excellent, make matter, publish, be of more value.
STRONGS G1308:
διαφέρω; 2 aorist διήνεγκον [but the subjunctive 3 person singular διενέγκῃ (Mark 11:16), the only aorist form which occurs, can come as well from 1 aorist διήνεγκα; cf. Veitch, under the word φέρω, at the end]; passive [present διαφέρομαι]; imperfect διεφερόμην; [from Homer (h. Merc. 255), Pindar down];
1. to bear or carry through any place: σκεῦος διὰ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, Mark 11:16.
2. to carry different ways, i. e.,
a. transitive, to carry in different directions, to different places: thus, persons are said διαφέρεσθαι, who are carried hither and thither in a ship, driven to and fro, Acts 27:27 (Strabo 3, 2, 7, p. 144; σκάφος ὑπ’ ἐναντίων πνευμάτων διαφερόμενον, Philo, migr. Abr. § 27; Lucian, Hermot. 28; often in Plutarch); metaphorically, to spread abroad: διεφέρετο ὁ λόγος τοῦ κυρίου δἰ ὅλης τῆς χώρας, Acts 13:49, (ἀγγελιας, Lucian, dial. deor. 24, 1; φήμη διαφέρεται, Plutarch, mor., p. 163 d.).
b. intransitive (like the Latin differo) to differ: δοκιμάζειν τὰ διαφέροντα, to test, prove, the things that differ, i. e. to distinguish between good and evil, lawful and unlawful, Romans 2:18; Philippians 1:10 (διάκρισις καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ, Hebrews 5:14); cf. Thol. Commentary on Romans, p. 111 edition 5.; Theophilus of Antioch ad Autol., p. 6, Otto edition δοκιμάζοντες τὰ διαφέροντα, ἤτοι φῶς, ἢ σκότος, ἢ λευκὸν, ἢ μέλαν κτλ.); [others, adopting a secondary sense of each verb in the above passages, translate (cf. A. V.) to approve the things that excel; see Meyer (yet, cf. Weiss edition) on Romans, the passage cited; Ellicott on Philippians, the passage cited]. διαφέρω τινός, to differ from one, i. e. to excel, surpass one: Matthew 6:26; Matthew 10:31; Matthew 12:12; Luke 12:7, 24 (often so in Attic authors); τινὸς ἔν τινι, 1 Corinthians 15:41; [τινὸς οὐδέν, Galatians 4:1].
c. impersonally, διαφέρει, it makes a difference, it matters, is of importance: οὐδέν μοι διαφέρει, it matters nothing to me, Galatians 2:6, (Plato, Prot., p. 316 b. ἡμῖν οὐδὲν διαφέρει, p. 358 e.; de rep. 1, p. 340 c.; Demosthenes 124, 3 (in Philippians 3, 50); Polybius 3, 21, 9; Aelian v. h. 1, 25; others; [cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 394; Wetstein (1752) on Galatians, the passage cited]).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:26; 10:31; 12:12
Mark
11:16; 11:16
Luke
12:7; 12:24
Acts
13:49; 27:27
Romans
2:18
1 Corinthians
15:41
Galatians
2:6; 4:1
Philippians
1:10; 3
Hebrews
5:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1308 matches the Greek διαφέρω (diapherō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in 'Mat' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26 - Behold G1689 G1519 the fowls G4071 of the air: G3772 for G3754 they sow G4687 not, G3756 neither G3761 do they reap, G2325 nor G3761 gather G4863 into G1519 barns; G596 yet G2532 your G5216 heavenly G3770 Father G3962 feedeth G5142 them. G846 Are G1308 ➔ ye G5210 not G3756 much G3123 better than G1308 they? G846

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:31 - Fear ye G5399 not G3361 therefore, G3767 ye G5210 are of more value G1308 than many G4183 sparrows. G4765

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:12 - How much G4214 then G3767 is a man G444 better than G1308 a sheep? G4263 Wherefore G5620 it is lawful G1832 to do G4160 well G2573 on the sabbath days. G4521
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