διέρχομαι; imperfect
διηρχόμην; future
διελεύσομαι (
Luke 2:35; see Winers Grammar, 86 (82); [cf. Buttmann, 58 (50)]); 2 aorist
διῆλθον; perfect participle
διεληλυθώς (
Hebrews 4:14); [from Homer down];
1. where
διά has the force of
through (Latin
per; [cf.
διά, C.]):
to go through, pass through, [on its constructions cf. Winers Grammar, § 52, 4, 8];
a. διά τινος,
to go, walk, journey, pass through a place (German
den Durchweg nehmen):
Matthew 12:43;
Matthew 19:24 R L Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading;
Mark 10:25 [
Rec.st εἰσελθεῖν];
Luke 11:24;
Luke 18:25 L Tr marginal reading;
John 4:4;
1 Corinthians 10:1;
διὰ μέσου αὐτῶν , through the midst of a crowd, Luke 4:30; John 8:59 Rec.; [διά μέσου (L T Tr WH δ.
μέσον, see
διά, B. I.)
Σαμαρείας,
Luke 17:11];
δἰ ὑμῶν,
i. e. διὰ τῆς χώρας ὑμῶν,
2 Corinthians 1:16 (where Lachmann text
ἀπελθεῖν); [
διὰ πάντων namely,
τῶν ἁγίων (see
πᾶς, II. 1),
Acts 9:32].
b. with an accusative
to travel the road which leads through a place, go, pass, travel through a region:
Luke 19:1;
Acts 12:10;
Acts 13:6;
Acts 14:24;
Acts 15:3,
41;
Acts 16:6;
Acts 17:23 (
τὰ σεβάσματα);
Acts 18:23;
19:1,
21;
20:2;
1 Corinthians 16:5;
Hebrews 4:14; of a thing:
τὴν ψυχὴν διελεύσεται ῤομφαία, penetrate, pierce,
Luke 2:35 (of a spear, dart, with the genitive Homer, Iliad 20, 263; 23, 876).
c. absolutely:
ἐκείνης namely,
ὁδοῦ (
δἰ before
ἐκείνης in
Rec. is spurious)
ἤμελλε διέρχεσθαι, for he was to pass that way,
Luke 19:4.
d. with specification of the goal or limit, so that the prefix
διά makes reference to the intervening space to be passed through or gone over:
ἐνθάδε,
John 4:15 T WH Tr marginal reading; [
εἰς τὴν Ἀχαίαν,
Acts 18:27];
εἰς τὸ πέραν to go, cross, over to the farther shore,
Mark 4:35;
Luke 8:22;
ὁ θάνατος διῆλθεν εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους, passed through unto all men, so that no one could escape its power,
Romans 5:12;
ἕως τινός, go even unto, etc.
Luke 2:15;
Acts 9:38;
Acts 11:19,
22 R G [Winer's Grammar, 609 (566)].
2. where
διά answers to the Latin
dis [cf.
διά, C.];
to go to different places (
2 Chronicles 17:9;
Amos 6:2):
Acts 8:4,
40; [
Acts 10:38];
διελθόντες ἀπὸ τῆς Πέργης having departed from Perga namely, to various places,
Acts 13:14 [others refer this to 1, understanding
διελθόντες of
passing through the extent of country];
ἐν οἷς διῆλθον,
among whom, i. e. in whose country
I went about, or visited different places,
Acts 20:25;
διήρχοντο κατὰ τὰς κώμας, they went about in various directions from one village to another,
Luke 9:6; of a report,
to spread, go abroad:
διέρχεται ὁ λόγος,
Luke 5:15; Thucydides 6, 46; Xenophon, an. 1, 4, 7. [
Synonym: see
ἔρχομαι.]
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