G1313 διάφορος (diáphoros)

διάφορος, -ov, (διαφέρω) ; 1. different, varying in kind, (Hdt. and sqq.): Ro. xii. 6; Heb. ix. 10. 2. excellent, surpassing, ({Diod.], Polyb., Plut., al.) : compar. duapopwrepos, Heb. i. 4; viii. 6.

διάφορος diaphoros 4x

different, diverse, of different kinds, Rom. 12:6; Heb. 9:10; excellent, superior, Heb. 1:4; 8:6*

διά-φορος, -ον

(< διαφέρω), [in LXX for שְׁנָא (Da 7:7, 19); also as in Polyb., iv, 188, al., Τὸ δ., τὰ δ., money: Si 27:1 42:5, II Mac 3:6 ;]

different: Ro 12:6, He 9:10.

excellent: compar., -ώτερος, He 1:4 8:6.†

διάφορος. For its simplest sense, as in Rom 12°, Heb 9!, cf. P Oxy VII. 103388 (A.D. 392) ἀναγκαζόμεθα δὲ συνεχῶς ἕνεκεν τῆς παραστάσεως διαφόρων προσώπων, ‘we are often called upon for the production of various persons” (ldd.), P Grenf 11. 92° (vi/vii A.D.) σπέρματα λαχάνων διαφόρων. Hence, as in the verb, the derived sense of ‘‘ superiority,” as Preisigke 1005 διαφόρους πράξεις... ἱστορήσας ἐθαύpaca: this in Heb 14, 8° is expressed by the comparative διαφορώτερος. NT use is now completely described, but in inscrr. and papyri the development goes much further. First τὸ διάφορον = “‘ difference,” as P Tebt I. 61(4)833 (a land survey—k.C. 118-7) διάφορον) σχοι(νισμοῦ), (see the editors’ note), and P Petr 1. 204-15 (B.c. 252) διάφορον ἂν ἔξσεσθαι] παρὰ τὰς p ἀρτ(άβας) € δραχμάς, which is translated (III. p. 77), ‘‘the difference will amount to five drachmae for every hundred artabae.” Out of this develops an exceedingly common meaning, ‘‘ payment, money,” which survives in MGr διάφορο(ς) (neut.) = ‘‘ interest, gain.” It figures in Pelybius (Kalker, p. 301): inscriptional exx. may be seen in the indices to Sy/7 and OG/S. Thus in the great ‘‘ Mysteries Inscr.” from Andania, Sy/¢ 653 (B.C. 91) there is a section headed περὶ τῶν διαφόρων dealing with finance. From papyri may be selected P Oxy VIII. 11187 (i/ii A.D.) ὅπ]ως ἔτι καὶ viv ἀποδῷ μοι τὰ ὀφειλόμεϊνα] καὶ τοὺς προσοφειλομένους τόκους καὶ τὰ [διάήφορα, ‘in order that he may yet pay to me the debt and the interest due in addition and extras: ” compares for [διάφορα P Flor I. 8653 (i/A.b) τόκους Kal τὰ τέλη Kal δαπάνας, and notes that διάφορον is sometimes practically synonymous with τόκος, e. g. 1’ Oxy VII. 10408 (A.D. 225), an acknowledgement of a loan of four artabae of wheat to be repaid ἐπὶ διαφόρῳ ἡμιολίας, ‘at the interest of one-half” (Ed.). The subst. διαφορά may be illustrated by P Par 63% (B.c. 165) (=P Petr III. p. 26) tls γὰρ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἀνάλητος ἐν τῶι λογίζεσθαι κ[αὶ] πράγματος διαφορὰν εὑρεῖν ὃς οὐδ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτό γε δυνήσεται συννοεῖν KTA, which Mahaffy renders, ‘‘ for who is so utterly wanting in reason and the capacity for making distinctions, that he cannot »” etc., P Magd 111° (B.c. 221) where the so Hunt, who understand this word has the unusual sense of ‘‘delay”’—6rras ἂν pi). . .

διάφορος (diaphoros) — different. διάφορ-ος, ον, different, unlike, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, differing from, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b several, various, κατὰ τὰς δ. ὕλας [NT+1st c.BC+] __c ambiguous, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

2. differing or disagreeing with another, πολλοῖς δ. εἰμι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in hostile sense, at variance with, Κλεομένεϊ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλήλοις, ἑαυτοῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+] one's adversary, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. excellent, distinguished, remarkable, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative, ὄνομα [NT]

4. making a difference to one,

4. a in good sense, advantageous, profitable, important, δ. ἑτέρου μᾶλλον [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. b rarely in bad sense, disagreeable, γείτονα γείτονι μηδὲν ποιεῖν δ. [Refs]

II. as substantive, διάφορον, τό,

II.1. difference, σμικρόν τι τὸ δ. εὕροι τις ἄν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διάφορα πολλὰ θεῶν βροτοῖσιν εἰσορῶ I see many differences between gods and men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγα τὸ δ. ἐστι (variant{διαφέρον}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. what concerns one, τῶν ἡμῖν ἐς τὰ μέγιστα διαφόρων matters of the greatest concern to us, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. difference, disagreement, ἕνεκα τῶν αὐτοῖς ἰδίᾳ δ. on account of their private differences, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ Ἀθηναίων δ. difference with the [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.4. in reference to money-matters, difference, balance, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; expenditure, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, expenses, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; losses, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

II.4. b ready money, cash, χρείας γενομένης ἀναγκαίας τῷ δήμῳ διαφόρου [Refs]; sum of money, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.: plural, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; interest, ἐπὶ διαφόρῳ ἡμιολίας [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; price, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.5. expenses of carriage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. adverb -ρως with a difference, τοῖς παροῦσιν ἤθεσι δ. πολιτεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in a variety of ways, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερον[Refs]

III.2. δ. ἔχειν differ,[Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; δ. ἔχειν τινί to differ with.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.3. pre-eminently, πρᾶος καὶ φιλάνθρωπος τῶν ἄλλων δ. ὤν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; δ. συναρέσκει [Refs 4th c.BC+]; excellently, with distinction, ἀγωνίσασθαι[Refs 2nd c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.AD+]