Strong G1231διαγινώσκω
to decide
- Transliteration
- diaginōskō
- Pronunciation
- dee-ag-in-o'-sko
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δια-γινώσκω
(see previous word), [in LXX chiefly for ידע, and cf. 2Ma.9:15;]
1. to distinguish, ascertain exactly: Act.23:15
2. As Athen. law-term, to determine: τὰ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς, your case, Act.24:22 (Cremer, 673).†
(AS)
(see previous word), [in LXX chiefly for ידע, and cf. 2Ma.9:15;]
1. to distinguish, ascertain exactly: Act.23:15
2. As Athen. law-term, to determine: τὰ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς, your case, Act.24:22 (Cremer, 673).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1231 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- enquire1
- know1
First verses
- Acts 23:15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
- Acts 24:22And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
διαγίγνομαι,
Ionic dialectand later Attic dialect διαγίνομαι [γῑ], future -γενήσομαι: aorist διεγενόμην, also διεγενήθην [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 37)]:—go through, pass, τοσάδε ἔτη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 32e; τὴν νύκτα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.19; δ. ἀπραγμόνως τὴν ἡμέραν 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.42)]: absolutely, go through life, live, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 45, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16)]; survive, see reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.2)]; ἐὰν ἄρα διαγιγνώμεθα if we live long enough, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.51; ἂν διαγένωμαι 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 66)]; δ. ἀπὸ τῆς τέχνης to subsist by it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268a31)]; γενναίως δ. ἔν τινι behave nobly in.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.119d: frequently with)]participle, διαγενέσθαι ἄρχων continue in the government, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.1)]; οὐδὲν ἄλλο ποιῶν διαγεγένηται ἢ διασκοπῶν he was never anything but a theorist, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mem.” 4.8.4; δ. κολακεύων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.179.)]
II intervene, elapse, χρόνου μεταξὺ διαγενομένου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.15; χρόνων διαγενομένων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.9, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 22, etc.)]; οἴδαμεν.. ἤδη τῇ κρίσει ἐκείνῃ διαγεγονότα ἔτη ὀκτώ Test. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.82, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.162c, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 37, “POxy.” 68.18 (2nd c.AD).)]
Ionic dialectand later Attic dialect διαγίνομαι [γῑ], future -γενήσομαι: aorist διεγενόμην, also διεγενήθην [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 37)]:—go through, pass, τοσάδε ἔτη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 32e; τὴν νύκτα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.19; δ. ἀπραγμόνως τὴν ἡμέραν 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.42)]: absolutely, go through life, live, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 45, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16)]; survive, see reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.2)]; ἐὰν ἄρα διαγιγνώμεθα if we live long enough, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.51; ἂν διαγένωμαι 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 66)]; δ. ἀπὸ τῆς τέχνης to subsist by it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268a31)]; γενναίως δ. ἔν τινι behave nobly in.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.119d: frequently with)]participle, διαγενέσθαι ἄρχων continue in the government, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.1)]; οὐδὲν ἄλλο ποιῶν διαγεγένηται ἢ διασκοπῶν he was never anything but a theorist, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mem.” 4.8.4; δ. κολακεύων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.179.)]
II intervene, elapse, χρόνου μεταξὺ διαγενομένου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.15; χρόνων διαγενομένων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.9, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 22, etc.)]; οἴδαμεν.. ἤδη τῇ κρίσει ἐκείνῃ διαγεγονότα ἔτη ὀκτώ Test. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.82, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.162c, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 37, “POxy.” 68.18 (2nd c.AD).)]