What does διά · Ἰησοῦς · Χριστός mean in the Bible?
διά · Ἰησοῦς · Χριστός is a Greek phrase meaning "through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)".
Greek · G1223, G2424, G5547
διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) · Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites · anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
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διά G1223 through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
Pronunciation diá
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Ἰησοῦς G2424 Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Pronunciation Iēsoûs
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Χριστός G5547 anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Pronunciation Christós
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What does διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (dia Iēsou Christou) mean in the Bible?
διά · Ἰησοῦς · Χριστός is a Greek phrase meaning "through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1223, G2424, G5547?
G1223, G2424, G5547 is connected to 666 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
Source Gloss
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 666
Matt 1:22 · Matt 2:5 · Matt 2:12 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 2:17 · Matt 2:23 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 4:4 · Matt 4:14 · Matt 6:25 · Matt 7:13 · Matt 8:17 · Matt 8:28 · Matt 9:11 · Matt 9:14 · Matt 10:22 666×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain