1223.  Strong's Dictionary Study

1223. dia {dee-ah'}; a primary preposition denoting the channel

of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or

occasional): --after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of

(that), briefly, by, for (cause)...fore, from, in, by occasion

of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X

though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with(-in). In composition

it retains the same general import.[ql ***. Dia. See 2203.[ql

~~~~~~