STRONGS G1308:
διαφέρω; 2 aorist
διήνεγκον [but the subjunctive 3 person singular
διενέγκῃ (
Mark 11:16), the only aorist form which occurs, can come as well from 1 aorist
διήνεγκα; cf. Veitch, under the word
φέρω, at the end]; passive [present
διαφέρομαι]; imperfect
διεφερόμην; [from Homer (h. Merc. 255), Pindar down];
1. to bear or
carry through any place:
σκεῦος διὰ τοῦ ἱεροῦ,
Mark 11:16.
2. to carry different ways, i. e.,
a. transitive,
to carry in different directions, to different places: thus, persons are said
διαφέρεσθαι, who are carried hither and thither in a ship, driven to and fro,
Acts 27:27 (Strabo 3, 2, 7, p. 144;
σκάφος ὑπ’ ἐναντίων πνευμάτων διαφερόμενον, Philo, migr. Abr. § 27; Lucian, Hermot. 28; often in Plutarch); metaphorically,
to spread abroad:
διεφέρετο ὁ λόγος τοῦ κυρίου δἰ ὅλης τῆς χώρας,
Acts 13:49, (
ἀγγελιας, Lucian, dial. deor. 24, 1;
φήμη διαφέρεται, Plutarch, mor., p. 163 d.).
b. intransitive (like the Latin
differo)
to differ:
δοκιμάζειν τὰ διαφέροντα, to test, prove, the things that differ,
i. e. to distinguish between good and evil, lawful and unlawful,
Romans 2:18;
Philippians 1:10 (
διάκρισις καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ,
Hebrews 5:14); cf.
Thol. Commentary on Romans, p. 111 edition 5.; Theophilus of Antioch ad Autol., p. 6, Otto edition
δοκιμάζοντες τὰ διαφέροντα,
ἤτοι φῶς,
ἢ σκότος,
ἢ λευκὸν,
ἢ μέλαν κτλ.); [others, adopting a secondary sense of each verb in the above passages, translate (cf.
A. V.) to approve the things that excel; see Meyer (yet, cf. Weiss edition) on Romans, the passage cited; Ellicott on Philippians, the passage cited].
διαφέρω τινός,
to differ from one, i. e. to excel, surpass one:
Matthew 6:26;
Matthew 10:31;
Matthew 12:12;
Luke 12:7,
24 (often so in Attic authors);
τινὸς ἔν τινι,
1 Corinthians 15:41; [
τινὸς οὐδέν,
Galatians 4:1].
c. impersonally,
διαφέρει,
it makes a difference, it matters, is of importance:
οὐδέν μοι διαφέρει, it matters nothing to me,
Galatians 2:6, (Plato, Prot., p. 316 b.
ἡμῖν οὐδὲν διαφέρει, p. 358 e.; de rep. 1, p. 340 c.; Demosthenes 124, 3 (in
Philippians 3, 50); Polybius 3, 21, 9; Aelian v. h. 1, 25; others; [cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 394; Wetstein (1752) on Galatians, the passage cited]).
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