Lexicon
διό
dio
G1352
G:CONJ Greek

therefore

53
Occurrences
15
Books
Greek
Language

dio is a conjunction that links a stated circumstance or reason to the conclusion, response, or result that follows.

Across the supplied verses, this conjunction marks an inference or consequence: a preceding circumstance, statement, or reason is followed by a conclusion, action, exhortation, or result.

Senses in use

  1. Linking a basis to its ensuing conclusion · dominant

    The form is tagged Conjunction throughout and connects what precedes with what follows. In Luke 1:35 the APB renders the Holy Spirit's coming and overshadowing, then the child's being called holy; in Romans 1:24 it renders a preceding account followed by God giving people up; and in Hebrews 12:28 it introduces gratitude and acceptable worship in response to receiving an unshakable kingdom.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly makes the connective explicit with “Therefore,” including before exhortations, conclusions, and stated results. Its English wording only shows the verse-level connection rather than a fixed token-for-token rendering.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture