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Lexicon :: Strong's G1308 - diapherō

Aa
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

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Strong's Number G1308 matches the Greek διαφέρω (diapherō),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:31 - “So G3767 do not fear G5399; you are more G1308 valuable G1308 than a great G4183 number G4183 of sparrows G4765.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:12 - “How G4214 much G4214 more G1308 valuable G1308 then G3767 is a person G444 than a sheep G4263! So G5620 then G5620, it is lawful G1832 to do G4160 [fn]good G2573 on the Sabbath G4521.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:24 - “Consider G2657 the ravens G2876, that they neither G3777 sow G4687 nor G3777 reap G2325; they have no G3756 storeroom G5009 nor G3761 barn G596, and yet God G2316 feeds G5142 them; how G4214 much G4214 more G3123 valuable G1308 you are than the birds G4071!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:49 - And the word G3056 of the Lord G2962 was being spread G1308 through G1223 the whole G3650 region G5561.

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But when G5613 the fourteenth G5065 night G3571 came G1096, as we were being driven G1308 about G1308 in the Adriatic G99 Sea, about G2596 midnight G3319 G3571 the sailors G3492 began to suspect G5282 that [fn]they were approaching G4317 some G5100 land G5561.

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Now G1161 I say G3004, as long G5550 as the heir G2818 is a [fn]child G3516, he does not differ G1308 at G3762 all G3762 from a slave G1401, although he is [fn]owner G2962 of everything G3956,

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