διάφορος, διάφορον (διαφέρω); 1. different, varying in kind, (Herodotus and following): Rom_12:6; Heb_9:10. 2. excellent, surpassing, ((Diodorus), Polybius, Plutarch, others): comparitive διαφορωτερος, Heb_1:4; Heb_8:6.

διάφορος diaphoros 4x different, diverse, of different kinds, Rom_12:6 ; Heb_9:10 ; excellent, superior, Heb_1:4 ; Heb_8:6

διά -φορος , -ον ( < διαφέρω ), [in LXX for H8133 ( Dan_7:7 ; Dan_7:19 ); also as in Polyb ., iv, 188, al. , Τὸ δ ., τὰ δ ., money: Sir_27:1 ; Sir_42:5 , 2Ma_3:6 ;] 1. different: Rom_12:6 , Heb_9:10 . 2. excellent: compar ., -ώτερος , Heb_1:4 ; Heb_8:6 .†

διάφορος [page 157] For its simplest sense, as in Rom_12:6 , Heb_9:10 , cf. P Oxy VII. 1033 .88 (A.D. 392) ἀναγκαζόμεθα δὲ συνεχῶς ἕνεκεν τῆς παραστάσεως διαφόρων προσώπων , we are often called upon for the production of various persons (Edd.). P Grenf II. 92 .8 (vi/vii A.D.) σπέρματα λαχάνων διαφόρων . Hence, as in the verb, the derived sense of superiority, as Preisigke 1005 διαφόρους πράξεις . . . ἱστορήσας ἐθαύμασα : this in Heb_1:4 ; Heb_8:6 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( b ) .333 (a land survey B.C. 118 7) δι (άφορον ) σχοι (νισμοῦ ), (see the editors note), and P Petr II. 20 ii. 13 (B.C. 252) διάφορον ἂν ἔ [σεσθαι ] παρὰ τὰς ρ̄ ἁρτ (άβας ) ε̄ 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 Polybius (Kδlker, p. 301) : inscriptional exx. may be seen in the indices to Syll and OGIS. Thus in the great Mysteries Inscr. from Andania, Syll 653 (B.C. 91) there is a section headed περὶ τῶν διαφόρων dealing with finance. From papyri may be selected P Oxy VIII. 1118 .7 (i/ii A.D.) ὅπ ] ως ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἀποδῷ μοι τὰ ὀφειλόμε [να ] καὶ τοὺς προσοφειλομένους τόκους καὶ τὰ [διά ]φορα , in order that he may yet pay to me the debt and the interest due in addition and extras : so Hunt, who compares for [διά ]φορα P Flor I. 86 .22 (i/A.D.) τόκους καὶ τὰ τέλη καὶ δαπάνας , and notes that διάφορον is sometimes practically synonymous with τόκος , e.g. P Oxy VII. 1040 .8 (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 .96 (B.C. 165) (= P Petr III. p. 26) τίς γὰρ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἀνάλητος ἐν τῶι λογίζεσθαι κ [αὶ ] πράγματος διαφορὰν εὑρεῖν ὃς οὐδ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτό γε δυνήσεται συννοεῖν κτλ , which Mahaffy renders, for who is so utterly wanting in reason and the capacity for making distinctions, that he cannot understand this etc., P Magd 11 .10 (B.C. 221) where the word has the unusual sense of delay ὅπως ἂν μὴ . . . διαφορὰ τῇι καταγωγῆι τοῦ σίτου γίνηται , qu il ne se produise pas de retard dans la descente des transports de blι (Ed.), and ib. 26 verso .4 (B.C. 217) περὶ διαφόρου οἴνου , au sujet de vin livrι en moins (Ed.), cf. ib. recto .12 τὸ διάφορον τῶν ἐλαττονούντων ιδ̄ κεραμίων .

διάφορος διάφορος, ον (adj diafor os_on ) [Etym: διαφέρω] "different, unlike", Hdt. , Plat. , etc. "differing or disagreeing" with another, c. dat., Eur. ; in hostile sense, "at variance with", τινι Hdt. , Plat. ; c. gen., δ. τινος one's "adversary", Dem. "distinguished, remarkable", Plut. "making a difference to one, advantageous, profitable", Thuc. as Subst., διάφορον, ου, τό, "a difference", Hdt. , Eur. , Dem. "what concerns one, a matter of importance", Thuc. , Dem. "a difference, disagreement", id=Dem. in reference to money-matters, "one's balance, expenditure", id=Dem. adv. -ρως, "with a difference,variously", Thuc. :— δ. ἔχειν "to differ", Plat. "excellently", Dem.

διά-φορος, -ον (διαφέρω), [in LXX for שְׁנָא (Dan.7:7, 19); also as in Polyb., iv, 188, al., Τὸ δ., τὰ δ., money: Sir.27:1 42:5, 2Ma.3:6 ;] __1. different: Rom.12:6, Heb.9:10. __2. excellent: compar., -ώτερος, Heb.1:4 8:6.† (AS)