Quick Definition
διάγω v. I spend time, pass time, live
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and 71; to pass time or life
KJV Usage: lead life, living
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἄγω
1 No doubt there are subtle distinctions in meaning between διάγω, ἀγωγή, ἀναστρέφομαι, and ἀναστροφή, but it is difficult or impossible to determine this from existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δι-άγω ; 1. to lead through, lead across, send across. 2. with τὸν βίον, τὸν χρόνον, etc., added or understood, to pass: Biov, 1 Tim. ii. 2 (very often in Grk. writ.) ; διάγειν ἔν τινι, sc. τὸν βίον to live [W. 593 (551 sq.) ; B. 144 (126)], Tit. iii. 3 (ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ, Plat. Phaedr. p. 259 d.; ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ σχολῇ, Plut. Timol. 3).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διάγω diagō 2x
to conduct or carry through or over; to pass or spend time, live, 1 Tim. 2:2; Tit. 3:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δι-άγω
[in LXX for עבר hi., etc. ;]
to carry over.
Of time, to pass: βίον, I Ti 2:2; absol., to live, seq. ἐν, Tit 3:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διάγω. A physical use of the verb occurs in the inscr. from the Asclepieum, Sy// 802"! (iii/B.c.), where in a blind man’s dream ἐδόκει oft] ὃ θεὸς ποτελθὼν τοῖς δ[αἸκτύλοις διάγειν τὰ ὄμματα, to ‘draw apart” the closed lids. The normal sense ‘‘continue” appears in P Tebt I. 2215 (p.c. 112) περὶ δὲ τοῦ φυλκίτου (/. φυλακίτου) ἐάν τε διάξησθε (1. διάξῃ) . « « ἀντ[ποιούμενος περὶ τῶν σπερμάτων δέσμ[ιο]ν αὐτὸν ἐξαπόστειλον πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ‘‘as for the inspector, if he still ‘ continues to oppose the payment of the seed, send him to us under arrest’’ (Edd.). For the derived sense with reference to life, conduct, as 1 Tim 25, Tit 3%, cf. A/zcheZ 35215 (ii/B.c.) τά Te πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσεβῶς Sia[yd|pevos, P Oxy IX. 1217® (iii/a.D.) ὑγιαίνον[ τά] σε καὶ εὖ διάγοντα, ‘*in health and prosperity” (Ed.), P Ryl II. 2359: (ii/a.p.) οὐκ ἐδήλωσάς μοι περὶ τῆς εὐρωστίας σου καὶ πῶς διάγεις ἵν[α] καὶ ἡμεῖς περί σου ἀμερ[(]μνως διάγωμεν. Tor a similar use of the subst. cf. OG/S 3081” (ii/B.c.) καλὴν καὶ πρέπουσαν πεποίηται τὴν Stayw[ γὴν] Tod βίου.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διάγω (diagō) — to live. διάγω [ᾰ], carry over or across, πορθμῆες δ᾽ ἄρα τούς γε διήγαγον [Refs 8th c.BC+] __b intransitive, cross over, [Refs]
2. draw through, τὴν προβοσκίδα [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. Geometry texts, draw through or across, produce a line, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4. draw apart, τὰ ὄμματα [Refs]
II. of Time, pass, spend, αἰῶνα [Refs]; βίοτον, βίον, [NT+5th c.BC+]; γῆρας, νύκτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἑορτήν celebrate it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. intransitive, without βίον, pass life, live, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ={διαιτῶμαι, διατρίβω}, Thom.Mag.p.90,98 R.; δ. ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; tarry, ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, διαγόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. b delay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative, spin out, protract, τοὺς λόγους [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. c with accusative person, divert, fob off, ἐλπίδας λέγων διῆγε [τοὺς στρατιώτας] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. d continue, δ. σιωπῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with participle, continue doing so and so, δ. λιπαρέοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. μανθάνων, ἐπιμελόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. e with adverbs, ἐν τοῖς χαλεπώτατα δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εὐσεβῆ δ. τρόπον περί τινα conduct oneself piously, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. cause to continue, keep in a certain state, πόλιν ὀρθοδίκαιον δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. entertain, feed, τραγήμασι καὶ λαχάνοις τὸν στρατόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [λέων] μελιτούτταις διήγετο [Refs]
V. manage, κάλλιστα πάντα δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI. separate, force apart, τὰ σκέλεα [LXX+5th c.BC+]
VI.2. divert, τινὰ ἀπό τινος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; simply, divert, τὰς βασιλείους φροντίδας [Refs]