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1: διαπεράω

(Strong's #1276 — Verb — diaperao — dee-ap-er-ah'-o )

"to pass over, to cross over" (dia, "through," perao, "to pass:" akin to this are peran, "across," peras, "a boundary," Latin, porta, "a gate," Eng., "portal, port," etc.), is translated by the verb "to cross" in the RV, but differently in the AV; in Matthew 9:1; Mark 5:21; 6:53 (AV, "passed"); Matthew 14:34 (AV, "were gone"); Luke 16:26 (AV, "neither can they pass"); Acts 21:2 (AV, "sailing"). See GO , PASS , SAIL. In the Sept., Deuteronomy 30:13; Isaiah 23:2 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Cross'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/cross.html. 1940.
 
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