diapherō · be worth more, carry

What it means

diapherō (διαφέρω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be worth more, carry”.

Be worth more, be superior; also carry through, or carry about.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To take something through, or be driven about at sea.
2. To be unlike; to matter to someone.
3. To outweigh another; what really counts.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• worth ×4
• carry ×1
• differs from ×1
• he is no different ×1
• makes no difference ×1
• more valuable is ×1
• things that are superior ×1
• things that matter ×1
• was spreading ×1
• were being driven across ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• Acts×2
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×2
• Philippians×1

• Matthew 6:26

  Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

• Matthew 10:31

  So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

• Matthew 12:12

  How much more valuable, then, is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

• Mark 11:16

  And he would not allow anyone to carry a vessel through the temple.

• Luke 12:7

  But even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

• Luke 12:24

  Consider the ravens, that they do not sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds!

• Acts 13:49

  And the word of the Lord was spreading through the whole region.

• Acts 27:27

  And when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven across in the Adriatic, about the middle of the night the sailors suspected that some land was approaching them.

• Romans 2:18

  and know the will and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

• 1 Corinthians 15:41

  There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

• Galatians 2:6

  But from those who were considered to be something —whatever they once were makes no difference to me; God does not look at the appearance of a person— for those who were considered important added nothing to me.

• Galatians 4:1

  Now I say: as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, though he is master of everything,

• Philippians 1:10

  so that you may test the things that matter, so that you may be pure and without offense for the day of the Messiah,