διάφορ-ος G1313
diaphoros -- different, varying; in comparative form: superior, more excellent
Diaphoros (from diaphero, 'to carry through, to differ') means 'different' or 'varying,' and in its comparative form (diaphoroteros) takes on the sense 'more excellent, superior.' In the New Testament it bridges both registers. Romans 12:6 speaks of gifts differing (diaphora) according to grace; Hebrews 9:10 mentions various (diaphorois) washings. But in Hebrews 1:4 and 8:6 the comparative form elevates the meaning: Christ has inherited a more excellent name and mediates a more excellent covenant. Spanish diversos/de mas excelente and French different/divers capture this dual register of mere variety and qualitative superiority.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Different, various, or diverse -- describing things that differ from one another in kind or character. In Rom 12:6 spiritual gifts are said to be diaphora ('differing') according to grace given, and Heb 9:10 speaks of various ritual washings. Spanish diversos and French divers reflect this sense of multiplicity and variety within a set, where the emphasis falls on distinction rather than ranking among the items described. 4×
AR["أَعْظَمَ", "أَفْضَلَ", "مُتَنَوِّعَةٍ", "مُخْتَلِفَةٍ"]·ben["অধিক-বিশিষ্ট", "বিভিন্ন", "বিভিন্ন:"]·DE["verschieden"]·EN["different", "more-excellent", "various"]·FR["différent", "divers"]·heb["נִבְדָּל-יוֹתֵר", "נַעֲלָה-יוֹתֵר", "שׁוֹנוֹת"]·HI["अधिक-उत्कृष्ट", "उत्कृष्ट", "भिन्न-भिन्न"]·ID["berbagai", "berbeda-beda", "lebih-unggul", "yang-lebih-unggul"]·IT["diaphorois", "diaphorōteras", "diaphorōteron", "eccellente"]·jav["bèda-bèda:", "langkung-béda", "manéka-warna"]·KO["다른", "더-뛰어난", "여러"]·PT["diferentes:", "diversas", "mais-excelente"]·RU["превосходнейшего", "превосходнейшее", "пророчество", "различных"]·ES["de-más-excelente", "diferentes", "diversos", "más-excelente"]·SW["bora-zaidi", "mbalimbali", "tofauti-zaidi", "tofauti:"]·TR["daha-farklı", "daha-üstün", "farklı", "çeşitli"]·urd["زیادہ-افضل", "زیادہ-مختلف", "مختلف"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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…