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 ~~~~~~