διαφέρω
dē-ä-fe'-rō
verb
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From διά (G1223) and φέρω (G5342)
from G1223 and G5342; 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.
Outline
- to bear or carry through any place
- to carry different ways
- to carry in different directions, to different places
- of people who are carried hither and thither in a ship, driven to and fro
- to differ, to test, prove, the good things that differ,
- to distinguish between good and evil, lawful and unlawful, to approve of things that excel, to differ from one
- to excel, surpass one
- impersonally, it makes a difference, it matters, is of importance