The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

διαφέρω

Lemmaδιαφέρω
Citation formδιαφέρω
Part of speechverb
GlossI carry through, differ, surpass, excel
Strong’sG1308
Transliterationdiaphérō
Definitionto bear through, i.e. (literally) transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. (objectively) to toss about (figuratively, report); subjectively, to "differ", or (by implication) surpass
KJV glosses:--be better, carry, differ from, drive up and down, be (more) excellent, make matter, publish, be of more value.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences13

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
διαφέρει
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)Matthew 12:12
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)1 Corinthians 15:41
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)Galatians 2:6
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)Galatians 4:1
διαφέρετε
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--)Matthew 10:31
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--)Matthew 6:26
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--)Luke 12:24
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--)Luke 12:7
διαφερομένων
verb, present, passive, participle, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PPPGPM-)Acts 27:27
διαφέροντα
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT -PAPAPN-)Romans 2:18
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT -PAPAPN-)Philippians 1:10
διενέγκῃ
verb, third person, aorist, active, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 3AAS-S--)Mark 11:16
διεφέρετο
verb, third person, imperfect, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IPI-S--)Acts 13:49

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: διαφερω.