Word: dia

Pronounce: dee-ah'

Strongs Number: G1223

Orig: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.

Use: TDNT-2:65,149 Preposition

Heb Strong:

    1) through
    1a) of place
    1a1) with
    1a2) in
    1b) of time
    1b1) throughout
    1b2) during
    1c) of means
    1c1) by
    1c2) by the means of
    2) through
    2a) the ground or reason by which something is or is not done
    2a1) by reason of
    2a2) on account of
    2a3) because of for this reason
    2a4) therefore
    2a5) on this account