- Transliteration: Diaphero

- Phonetic: dee-af-er'-o

- Definition:

1. to bear or carry through any place

2. to carry different ways

a. to carry in different directions, to different places

1. of people who are carried hither and thither in a ship, driven to and fro

b. to differ, to test, prove, the good things that differ,

1. to distinguish between good and evil, lawful and unlawful, to approve of things that excel, to differ from one

2. to excel, surpass one

c. impersonally, it makes a difference, it matters, is of importance

- Origin: from G1223" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1223 and G5342" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5342

- TDNT entry: 10:02,1

- Part(s) of speech:

- Strong's: From G1223" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1223 and G5342" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5342; to bear through that is (literally) transport; usually to bear apart that is (objectively) to toss about (figuratively report); subjectively to differ or (by implication) surpass: - be better carry differ from drive up and down be (more) excellent make matter publish be of more value.