Word Summary
dio: wherefore, on which account
Original Word: διόTransliteration: dio
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-o')
Part of Speech: Conjunction
Short Definition: wherefore, on which account
Meaning: wherefore, on which account
Strong's Concordance
for this reason, therefore, wherefore.
From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently -- for which cause, therefore, wherefore.
see GREEK dia
see GREEK hos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1352: διόδιό, conjunction equivalent to
δἰ ὁ (from
Thucydides and
Plato down),
wherefore, on which account:
Matthew 27:8;
Luke 1:35;
Luke 7:7;
Acts 10:29;
Romans 1:24;
Romans 2:1;
1 Corinthians 12:3;
2 Corinthians 6:17;
Hebrews 3:7;
James 1:21;
1 Peter 1:13, and often. (Cf.
Winers Grammar, 445 (414);
Buttmann, 233 (200); on Paul's use, see Ellicott on
Galatians 4:31.)