UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: διέρχομαι; fut.; διελεύσομαι; διέρχομαι; aor.; διῆλθον; διέρχομαι; inf.; διελθεῖν; διέρχομαι; pf.; διελήλυθα; διέρχομαι; ptc.; διεληλυθώς

Related lemmas: ἔρχομαι

Sense 1: to move on to, to go on to

Semantic entry: 15.17

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Move, Come/Go

Definition: to complete movement in a particular direction

Notes: It would also be possible to translate διέρχομαι in RV ACT 11:19 · LV ACT 11:19 · Read together ACT 11:19 as ‘arrived’ or ‘finally reached.’

LUK 2:15: RV LUK 2:15 · LV LUK 2:15 · Read together LUK 2:15

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OET-RV LUK 2:15

15 Then as the messengers left them and went up into the sky, the shepherds said to each other, “Well, we’ll certainly go into Beyt -Lehem (Bethlehem) so we can see what this was about that Yahweh has let us know about.”

OET-LV LUK 2:15

15 And it _became as the messengers went _away from them into the heaven, the shepherds were _saying to one _another:
We _may_ indeed _pass _through as _far _as Baʸthleʼem/(Bēyt-leḩem), and we _may _see the message this the thing having _become, which the master made _known to _us.

JHN 4:15: RV JHN 4:15 · LV JHN 4:15 · Read together JHN 4:15

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OET-RV JHN 4:15

15 So the woman said, “Okay, then. Give me some of that water so that I won’t get thirsty and won’t have to keep coming out here to the well.”

OET-LV JHN 4:15

15 The woman is _saying to him:
Master, give this the water to _me, in _order _that I _may_ not _be _thirsting, nor I _am _passing _through here to _be _drawing.

All 10 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 2:15 · LV LUK 2:15 · Read together LUK 2:15

JHN: RV JHN 4:15 · LV JHN 4:15 · Read together JHN 4:15

ACT: RV ACT 9:38 · RV ACT 11:19 · RV ACT 11:22 · RV ACT 18:27 · RV ACT 19:1 · LV ACT 9:38 · LV ACT 11:19 · LV ACT 11:22 · LV ACT 18:27 · LV ACT 19:1 · Read together ACT 9:38 · Read together ACT 11:19 · Read together ACT 11:22 · Read together ACT 18:27 · Read together ACT 19:1

ROM: RV ROM 5:12 · LV ROM 5:12 · Read together ROM 5:12

CO2: RV CO2 1:16 · LV CO2 1:16 · Read together CO2 1:16

HEB: RV HEB 4:14 · LV HEB 4:14 · Read together HEB 4:14

Sense 2: to travel around through, to journey all through

Semantic entry: 15.21

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Travel, Journey

Definition: to travel around through an area, with the implication of both extensive and thorough movement throughout an area

Notes: In order to express the meaning of διοδεύω, διαπορεύομαι[a], and διέρχομαι[b] in these types of contexts, it may be necessary in some languages to say ‘he went from one town to another’ or, as in RV ACT 13:6 · LV ACT 13:6 · Read together ACT 13:6, ‘he travelled to all the places on the island’ or ‘… to the various towns on the island.’

MAT 12:43: RV MAT 12:43 · LV MAT 12:43 · Read together MAT 12:43

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OET-RV MAT 12:43

43 “Whenever an evil spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid lands looking for a place to rest, and doesn’t find any.

OET-LV MAT 12:43

43 And whenever the unclean spirit may _come _out from the person, it _is _passing _through through waterless places seeking rest and it _is_ not _finding.

LUK 4:30: RV LUK 4:30 · LV LUK 4:30 · Read together LUK 4:30

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30 but somehow he just moved through the middle of them and left.

OET-LV LUK 4:30

30 But he, having _passed _through through the_midst of _them, was _going.

All 24 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 12:43 · LV MAT 12:43 · Read together MAT 12:43

LUK: RV LUK 4:30 · RV LUK 5:15 · RV LUK 9:6 · RV LUK 11:24 · RV LUK 17:11 · RV LUK 19:1 · RV LUK 19:4 · LV LUK 4:30 · LV LUK 5:15 · LV LUK 9:6 · LV LUK 11:24 · LV LUK 17:11 · LV LUK 19:1 · LV LUK 19:4 · Read together LUK 4:30 · Read together LUK 5:15 · Read together LUK 9:6 · Read together LUK 11:24 · Read together LUK 17:11 · Read together LUK 19:1 · Read together LUK 19:4

CO1: RV CO1 16:5 · LV CO1 16:5 · Read together CO1 16:5

Sense 3: to cross over, to go over

Semantic entry: 15.31

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Pass, Cross Over, Go Through, Go Around

Definition: to move from one side to another of some geographical object (for example, body of water, chasm, valley, etc.)

MRK 4:35: RV MRK 4:35 · LV MRK 4:35 · Read together MRK 4:35

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OET-RV MRK 4:35

35 It was already becoming evening on that day, so Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) told his apprentices, “Let’s all go across to the other shore.”

OET-LV MRK 4:35

35 And he _is _saying to _them on that the day having _become evening:
We _may _pass _through to the side across.

LUK 8:22: RV LUK 8:22 · LV LUK 8:22 · Read together LUK 8:22

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OET-RV LUK 8:22

22 One day Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) and his apprentices got into a boat and he asked them to go across to the other side of Lake Galil. So they set off

OET-LV LUK 8:22

22 And it _became on one of _the days, and he and the apprentices/followers of _him boarded into a_boat, and he _said to them:
We _may _pass _through to the side across of _the lake.
And they _were _launched.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 4:35 · LV MRK 4:35 · Read together MRK 4:35

LUK: RV LUK 8:22 · LV LUK 8:22 · Read together LUK 8:22

JHN: RV JHN 4:4 · LV JHN 4:4 · Read together JHN 4:4

CO1: RV CO1 10:1 · LV CO1 10:1 · Read together CO1 10:1

Sense 4: to go through, to penetrate through

Semantic entry: 15.32

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Pass, Cross Over, Go Through, Go Around

Definition: to move through a three-dimensional space

Notes: The use of διέρχομαι in RV ACT 12:10 · LV ACT 12:10 · Read together ACT 12:10 would suggest that the guard station was some kind of enclosure where guards stayed to control passage.

MAT 19:24: RV MAT 19:24 · LV MAT 19:24 · Read together MAT 19:24

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OET-RV MAT 19:24