Greek semantic word

διά

Transliteration: dia

16 lexical sense(s); 686 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: through, by

(with the genitive) a marker of intermediate agent, with implicit or explicit causative agent

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-01
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Sense 2: by means of, through, with

(with the genitive) a marker of the instrument by which something is accomplished

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-02
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Sense 3: by means of, through, by

a marker of the means by which one event makes another event possible[source note 1]

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-03
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Sense 4: for the sake of, for, on behalf of, for the benefit of

(with the accusative) a marker of a participant who is benefited by an event or for whom an event occurs

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-04
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Sense 5: because of, on account of, for this reason

(with the accusative) a marker of a participant constituting the cause or reason for an event or state

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-05
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Sense 6: because of, on account of, by reason of

a marker of cause or reason, with focus upon instrumentality, either of objects or events

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-06
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Sense 7: through

(with the genitive) extension through an area or object

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-07
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Sense 8: along

(with the genitive) an extension along a particular route

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-08
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Sense 10: throughout

a marker of an extent of time of the same length as another extent of time, with emphasis upon totality

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-10
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Sense 11: some years later

(an idiom, literally: through years) a point of time subsequent to another point of time after an interval of some years

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-11
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Sense 12: a few days later

(an idiom, literally: through days) a point of time subsequent to another point of time after an interval of a few days

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-12
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Sense 13: a little while, for a little while, a short time, brief, briefly

pertaining to a relatively brief extent of time[source note 3]

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-13
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Sense 14: a little while, for a little while, a short time, brief, briefly

pertaining to a relatively brief extent of time[source note 4]

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-14
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Sense 15: regularly, periodically

(an idiom, literally: through all) a number of related points of time, occurring at regular intervals

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-15
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Sense 16: always, constantly, continually

(an idiom, literally, through all) duration of time, either continuous or episodic, but without limits

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001238-16
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7 (7 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-001238
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Direction
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Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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