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|strgr=from [[διά]] and [[φέρω]]; to [[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]]: be [[better]], [[carry]], [[differ]] from, [[drive]] up and [[down]], be ([[more]]) [[excellent]], [[make]] [[matter]], [[publish]], be of [[more]] [[value]].
|strgr=from [[διά]] and [[φέρω]]; to [[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]]: be [[better]], [[carry]], [[differ]] from, [[drive]] up and [[down]], be ([[more]]) [[excellent]], [[make]] [[matter]], [[publish]], be of [[more]] [[value]].
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|txtha=2nd aorist διηνεγκον ([[but]] the subjunctive 3rd [[person]] [[singular]] διενέγκῃ (διήνεγκα; cf Veitch, [[under]] the [[word]] [[φέρω]], at the [[end]]); [[passive]] ([[present]] διαφέρομαι); [[imperfect]] διεφερομην; (from [[Homer]] (h. Merc. 255), [[Pindar]] [[down]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[bear]] or [[carry]] [[through]] [[any]] [[place]]: [[σκεῦος]] [[διά]] [[τοῦ]] ἱεροῦ, 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]], 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, ἀγγελιας, Lucian, [[dial]]. deor. 24,1; [[φήμη]] διαφέρεται, [[Plutarch]], mor., p. 163d.).<br /><b class="num">b.</b> intransitive ([[like]] the Latin differo) to [[differ]]: δοκιμάζειν τά διαφέροντα, to [[test]], [[prove]], the things [[that]] [[differ]], i. e. to [[distinguish]] [[between]] [[good]] and [[evil]], [[lawful]] and [[unlawful]], [[διάκρισις]] καλοῦ τέ καί κακοῦ, Romans , p. 111edition 5.; Theophilus of [[Antioch]] ad Autol., p. 6, Otto edition δοκιμάζοντες τά διαφέροντα, [[ἤτοι]] [[φῶς]], ἤ [[σκότος]], ἤ [[λευκόν]], ἤ [[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]] τίνος, to [[differ]] from [[one]], i. e. to [[excel]], [[surpass]] [[one]]: τίνος ἐν τίνι, τίνος [[οὐδέν]], διαφέρει, it makes a [[difference]], it matters, is of [[importance]]: [[οὐδέν]] μοι διαφέρει, it matters [[nothing]] to me, [[Plato]], Prot., p. 316b. [[ἡμῖν]] [[οὐδέν]] διαφέρει, p. 358e.; de rep. 1, p. 340c.; [[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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