Strong G1365διστάζω

to doubt

Transliteration
distazō
Pronunciation
dis-tad'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1364 properly to duplicate that is (mentally) to waver (in opinion): - doubt.

Detailed definition

διστάζω
(δίς),
to doubt, hesitate: Mat.14:31 28:17.†
SYN.: ἀπορέω, διαπορέω, διακρίνομαι, μετεωρίζομαι (see DCG, i, 491) (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1365 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • doubt2

First verses

  1. Matthew 14:31
    And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
  2. Matthew 28:17
    And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διστ-άζω,
future -άσω[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1, +others)]: (δίς):—doubt, hesitate, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 190a, “Ion” 534e, etc.)]; δ. εἰ.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 897b, “BGU” 388i17 (2nd-3rd c.AD))]; μή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235a)]; μή ποτε, with indicative, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 13, 21)]; πῶς.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1112b2)]; πότερον.. [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1091a14; περί τι [prev. author] “EN” 1112b8; περί τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.62a)]:—passive, to be in doubt, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.9; τὰ -όμενα “OGI” 315.66 (from Pessinus), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.23 O.)]