Strong G1253διάκρισις
discernment
- Transliteration
- diakrisis
- Pronunciation
- dee-ak'-ree-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1252; judicial estimation: - discern (-ing) disputation.
Detailed definition
διά-κρισις, -εως, ἡ
(διακρίνω) [in LXX for מִפְלָשׂ, Job.37:16 *;]
the act of judgment, discernment: Rom.14:1, 1Co.12:10, Heb.5:14.†
(AS)
(διακρίνω) [in LXX for מִפְלָשׂ, Job.37:16 *;]
the act of judgment, discernment: Rom.14:1, 1Co.12:10, Heb.5:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1253 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- discern2
- disputation1
First verses
- Romans 14:1Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
- 1 Corinthians 12:10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
- Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διά-κρῐσις, εως, ἡ,
separation, dissolution, opposed to σύγκρισις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 58, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 243b, +others)]; segregation, τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.14.8)]; discrimination, καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ [NT (NT.Heb.5.14; πνευμάτων NT.1Cor.12.10)]; differentiation, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 1.)]
2 in concrete sense, resolved form, ἡ ἀτμὶς ὕδατος δ. ἐστιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 340b3, 341b15.)]
II decision, determination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 765a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.27, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1169)]; judicial decision, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PLond. 2.476.9 (1st c.AD))]: metaphorically, [NT (NT.Rom.14.1 (_plural_))]; interpretation of dreams or omens, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.55, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.34.5)]; δ. σημειώσεως medical diagnosis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.23)]: but in plural, αἱ ἐκ νούσων δ. determinations, crises, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Genit.” 3.)]
II.2 examination or revision of accounts, δ. πρακτόρων Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 41 iii6(3rd c.AD).)]
III decision by battle, τάξεων πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.28.3)]; quarrel, dispute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.29U., 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 109, “Milet.” 3.149.39.)]
IV in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.1)], space between the eyes in dogs.
V separation of tumour from bloodvessels, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.2.9.)]
V.2 secretion, οὔρων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.9, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.382.)]
VI a bandage, [Refs ([prev. author] 18(1).777.)]
separation, dissolution, opposed to σύγκρισις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 58, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 243b, +others)]; segregation, τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.14.8)]; discrimination, καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ [NT (NT.Heb.5.14; πνευμάτων NT.1Cor.12.10)]; differentiation, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 1.)]
2 in concrete sense, resolved form, ἡ ἀτμὶς ὕδατος δ. ἐστιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 340b3, 341b15.)]
II decision, determination, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 765a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.27, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1169)]; judicial decision, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PLond. 2.476.9 (1st c.AD))]: metaphorically, [NT (NT.Rom.14.1 (_plural_))]; interpretation of dreams or omens, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.55, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.34.5)]; δ. σημειώσεως medical diagnosis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.23)]: but in plural, αἱ ἐκ νούσων δ. determinations, crises, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Genit.” 3.)]
II.2 examination or revision of accounts, δ. πρακτόρων Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 41 iii6(3rd c.AD).)]
III decision by battle, τάξεων πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.28.3)]; quarrel, dispute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.29U., 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 109, “Milet.” 3.149.39.)]
IV in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.1)], space between the eyes in dogs.
V separation of tumour from bloodvessels, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.2.9.)]
V.2 secretion, οὔρων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.9, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.382.)]
VI a bandage, [Refs ([prev. author] 18(1).777.)]