What does διοδεύω (diodeúō) mean in the Bible?
διοδεύω (diodeúō) is a Greek word meaning "to travel through".
Greek · G1353
διοδεύω
To travel through
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διοδεύω G1353
Pronunciation diodeúō
What does διοδεύω (diodeúō) mean in the Bible?
διοδεύω (diodeúō) is a Greek word meaning "to travel through".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1353?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include they had passed through (1), traveled (1).
Where does διοδεύω (diodeúō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 8:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It they had passed through 1× Acts 17:1
traveled 1× Luke 8:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 8:1
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Luke 1 Acts 1
Source forms
Διοδεύσαντες 1x Diodeusantes Acts 17:1
διώδευεν 1x diōdeuen Luke 8:1
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 17:1
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 8:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to travel through
Strong's G1353
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to travel through
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 8:1 Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Active Indicative
διώδευε diwdeuen
I journey through, go about
Read verse Acts 17:1 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
Διοδεύσαντες diodeusantev
I journey through, go about
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Imperfect, Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Imperfect Active Luke 8:1 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 17:1 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 imperfect 1
Voice
active 2
Mood
participle 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
διοδεύω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain