διαβαίνω

διέρχομαι diérchomai · G1330 · to move on to, to go on to, to travel around through

διέρχομαι (“to go through, to traverse”) and the target term share the literal sense of crossing over or traversing, though διέρχομαι also has a broader range extending into metaphorical uses. The two converge specifically in the core sense of literal traversal.

עָבַר ʻâbar · H5674 · to pass, to pass by, to pass on

Hebrew עָבַר (ʻâbar, H5674) and Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, G1224) share the core sense of physically crossing or passing over a boundary, river, or region, with the Hebrew term carrying a broader semantic range including figurative senses of transgression and transfer that the more spatially-focused Greek term does not typically express.

To cross over, to go over15.31

Used of traversing a boundary or barrier, as of those wanting to cross the great chasm being unable to in Luke 16:26, Paul's vision of the Macedonian man pleading with him to come over in Acts 16:9, and the Israelites passing through the Red Sea as on dry land in Hebrews 11:29.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.