διό
wherefore
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Conjunction
- A joining word linking words or clauses.
Every verse where G1352 appears — 51 distinct verses across 15 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 1 verse
Luke 2 verses
- Luke 1:35 διὸ conj The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
- Luke 7:7 διὸ conj Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.
Acts 8 verses
- Acts 10:29 διὸ conj Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"
- Acts 15:19 διὸ conj "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
- Acts 20:31 διὸ conj Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn't cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.
- Acts 24:26 διὸ conj Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.
- Acts 25:26 διὸ conj Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.
- Acts 26:3 διὸ conj especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
- Acts 27:25 διὸ conj Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
- Acts 27:34 διὸ conj Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads."
Romans 6 verses
- Romans 1:24 διὸ conj Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,
- Romans 2:1 Διὸ conj Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
- Romans 4:22 διὸ conj Therefore it also was "reckoned to him for righteousness."
- Romans 13:5 διὸ conj Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
- Romans 15:7 διὸ conj Therefore receive one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.
- Romans 15:22 Διὸ conj Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
1 Corinthians 2 verses
2 Corinthians 7 verses
- 2 Corinthians 1:20 διὸ conj For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes." Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory of God through us.
- 2 Corinthians 2:8 διὸ conj Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 διὸ διὸ conj conj But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore also we speak;
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 Διὸ conj Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 5:9 διὸ conj Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 Διὸ conj Therefore, "'Come out from among them, And be separate,' says the Lord, 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 διὸ conj Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
Galatians 1 verse
Ephesians 5 verses
- Ephesians 2:11 Διὸ conj Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands);
- Ephesians 3:13 Διὸ conj Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
- Ephesians 4:8 διὸ conj Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."
- Ephesians 4:25 Διὸ conj Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members one of another.
- Ephesians 5:14 διὸ conj Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
Philippians 1 verse
1 Thessalonians 2 verses
Philemon 1 verse
Hebrews 9 verses
- Hebrews 3:7 Διό conj Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear his voice,
- Hebrews 3:10 διὸ conj Therefore I was displeased with that generation, And said, 'They always err in their heart, But they didn't know my ways;'
- Hebrews 6:1 Διὸ conj Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
- Hebrews 10:5 διὸ conj Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, But a body did you prepare for me;
- Hebrews 11:12 διὸ conj Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
- Hebrews 11:16 διὸ conj But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
- Hebrews 12:12 Διὸ conj Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
- Hebrews 12:28 διὸ conj Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
- Hebrews 13:12 διὸ conj Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
James 2 verses
1 Peter 1 verse
2 Peter 3 verses
- 2 Peter 1:10 διὸ conj Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.
- 2 Peter 1:12 Διὸ conj Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.
- 2 Peter 3:14 Διό conj Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
διο (dió) is a Greek conjunction most often rendered “wherefore.” Debuting at Matthew 27:8, it then recurs through the corpus. The Greek New Testament uses it across 51 verses — moderately common. Related forms include δια, διαβαινω and διαβαλλω. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1352 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 51
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 51 distinct verses.
- 15 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 15 of 27 New Testament books.
- #305
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Greek words (rank 305 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 51 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Hebrews 9 verses 18%
- Acts 8 verses 16%
- 2 Corinthians 7 verses 14%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 51 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 25 verses · 49%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 10 verses · 20%
- Hebrews 9 verses · 18%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 6 verses · 12%
- Gospels 3 verses · 6%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Wherefore 41×, Therefore 10×, Cause 2×
- American Standard Version: Wherefore 44×, Because 2×, Therefore 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Therefore 31×, So 14×, Is why 7×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Therefore 46×, So 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1352 across 53 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1352 across 49 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1352 across 53 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1352 across 53 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- wherefore, on account off
Word origin
Derived from δια (diá) (G1223) — through.
Forms in the corpus
The 4 distinct written forms G1352 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διὸ diò | Conjunction | Matthew 27:8 | 36 |
| Διὸ Diò | Conjunction | Romans 2:1 | 12 |
| Διό Dió | Conjunction | Philemon 1:8 | 3 |
| διό dió | Conjunction | Galatians 4:31 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1352, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- διαβαινω diabaínō G1224 to pass through
- διαβαλλω diabállō G1225 to slander
- διαβεβαιοομαι diabebaióomai G1226 to affirm strongly
- διαβλεπω diablépō G1227 to look through
- διαγγελλω diangéllō G1229 to proclaim
- διαγινομαι diagínomai G1230 to continue
- διαγινωσκω diaginṓskō G1231 to ascertain
- διαγογγυζω diagongýzō G1234 to murmur
- διαγρηγορεω diagrēgoréō G1235 to watch through
- διαγω diágō G1236 to lead through
- διαδεχομαι diadéchomai G1237 to receive in succession
- διαδημα diádēma G1238 diadem
- διαδιδωμι diadídōmi G1239 to distribute
- διαζωννυμι diazṓnnymi G1241 to gird around
- διαιρεω diairéō G1244 to divide
- διακαθαριζω diakatharízō G1245 to cleanse thoroughly
- διακατελεγχομαι diakatelénchomai G1246 to confute
- διακουομαι diakoúomai G1251 to hear fully
- διακρινω diakrínō G1252 to distinguish
- διακωλυω diakōlýō G1254 to hinder
- διαλαλεω dialaléō G1255 to converse
- διαλεγομαι dialégomai G1256 to discuss
- διαλειπω dialeípō G1257 to intermit
- διαλλασσω diallássō G1259 to reconcile
+62 more words share this root (not shown).
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 89 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word διο appears 9 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 9 verses in 3 books.
- 9
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 9
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 3 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 3 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Joshua 5:6 διό
- Job 9:22 διό
- Psalms 115:1 διό
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1352) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Joshua 5:6 διό For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh: to whom Yahweh swore that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Job 9:22 διό "It is all the same. Therefore I say, He destroys the blameless and the wicked.
- Job 32:6 διό Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, "I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn't dare show you my opinion.
- Job 32:10 διό Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'
- Job 34:10 διό "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, From the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
- Job 34:34 διό Men of understanding will tell me, Yes, every wise man who hears me:
- Job 37:24 διό Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."
- Job 42:6 διό Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."
- Psalms 115:1 διό Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, But to your name give glory, For your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1352) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
