2001 Translation

DIAPHORA, diaphora

Sounds Like: dee-ah-foh-RAH

Translations: difference, a difference, distinction, diversity, value, advantage, a value, an advantage, contribution, a contribution

From the root: ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a difference, distinction, or diversity between things. It can also denote value, advantage, or a contribution. In some contexts, it refers to the amount or sum of something, especially in a financial sense, like a contribution or a sum of money. It is a compound word formed from διά (dia, 'through, apart') and φορέω (phoreo, 'to carry, bear').

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1290 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:9

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 18:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 3:18
• Romans — 12:6

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 15 — 6:185
• Book 16 — 6:178

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 15:9
• Book Three — 10:47
• Book Four — 8:29
• Book Seven — 8:112

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 22:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 5:6

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 1:2

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 16:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:39
• Ezra (Beta) — 8:27
• 1 Maccabees — 3:18
• 2 Maccabees — 1:35

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Romans — 12:6

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 1:1

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑΙ — differences, varieties, distinctions, disputes, a difference, a variety, a distinction, a dispute
• ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑΝ — difference, a difference, distinction, a distinction, superiority, a superiority, excellence, an excellence
• ΔΙΑΦΟΡΑΣ — differences, varieties, distinctions, (of) difference, (of) variety, (of) distinction

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