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Lexicon :: Strong's G1252 - diakrinō

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διακρίνω
Transliteration
diakrinō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-ak-ree'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:946,469

Strong’s Definitions

διακρίνω diakrínō, dee-ak-ree'-no; from G1223 and G2919; to separate thoroughly, i.e. (literally and reflexively) to withdraw from, or (by implication) oppose; figuratively, to discriminate (by implication, decide), or (reflexively) hesitate:—contend, make (to) differ(-ence), discern, doubt, judge, be partial, stagger, waver.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G1252 in the following manner: doubt (5x), judge (3x), discern (2x), contend (2x), waver (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G1252 in the following manner: doubt (5x), judge (3x), discern (2x), contend (2x), waver (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to separate, make a distinction, discriminate, to prefer

  2. to learn by discrimination, to try, decide

    1. to determine, give judgment, decide a dispute

  3. to withdraw from one, desert

  4. to separate one's self in a hostile spirit, to oppose, strive with dispute, contend

  5. to be at variance with one's self, hesitate, doubt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διακρίνω diakrínō, dee-ak-ree'-no; from G1223 and G2919; to separate thoroughly, i.e. (literally and reflexively) to withdraw from, or (by implication) oppose; figuratively, to discriminate (by implication, decide), or (reflexively) hesitate:—contend, make (to) differ(-ence), discern, doubt, judge, be partial, stagger, waver.
STRONGS G1252:
διακρίνω; imperfect διέκρινον; 1 aorist διέκρινα; middle [present διακρίνομαι]; imperfect διεκρινόμην; 1 aorist διεκρίθην (in secular authors in a passive sense, to be separated; cf. Winers Grammar, § 39, 2; [Buttmann, 52 (45)]); in Greek writings from Homer down; in the Sept. chiefly for שָׁפַט, also for הֵדִין etc.
1. to separate, make a distinction, discriminate, [cf. διά, C. 4]: οὐδὲν διέκρινε μεταξὺ ἡμῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν, Acts 15:9; μηδὲν διακρίναντα, making no difference, namely, between Jews and Gentiles, Acts 11:12 L T Tr WH; like the Latin distinguo, used emphatically: to distinguish or separate a person or thing from the rest, in effect equivalent to to prefer, yield to him the preference or honor: τινά, 1 Corinthians 4:7 [cf. Winer's Grammar, 452 (421)]; τὸ σῶμα (τοῦ κυρίου), 1 Corinthians 11:29.
2. to learn by discrimination, to try, decide: Matthew 16:3 [T brackets WH reject the passage]; 1 Corinthians 14:29; ἑαυτόν, 1 Corinthians 11:31; to determine, give judgment, decide a dispute: 1 Corinthians 6:5.
Passive and middle to be parted, to separate oneself from;
1. to withdraw from one, desert him (Thucydides 1, 105; 3, 9); of heretics withdrawing from the society of true Christians (Sozom. 7, 2 [p. 705, Vales. edition] ἐκ τούτου οἱ μὲν διακριθέντες ἰδίᾳ ἐκκλησίαζον): Jude 1:22 according to the (preferable) reading of L T Tr text ἐλέγχετε διακρινομένους, those who separate themselves from you, i. e. who apostatize; instead of the Rec. ἐλεεῖτε διακρινόμενοι, which is to be rendered, making for yourselves a selection; cf. Huther at the passage; [others though adopting the reading preferred above, refer διακρ. to the following head and translate it while they dispute with you; but WH (see their Appendix) Tr marginal reading follow manuscripts א B and a few other authorities in reading ἐλεᾶτε διακρινομένους, according to which διακρ. is probably to be referred to signification 3: R. V. text "on some have mercy, who are in doubt"].
2. to separate oneself in a hostile spirit, to oppose, strive with, dispute, contend: with the dative of person Jude 1:9 (Polybius 2, 22, 11 [cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 g.; Buttmann, 177 (154)]; πρός τινα, Acts 11:2 (Herodotus 9, 58).
3. in a sense not found in secular authors, to be at variance with oneself, hesitate, doubt: Matthew 21:21; Romans 14:23; James 1:6; ἐν τῇ καρδία αὐτοῦ, Mark 11:23; ἐν ἑαυτῷ [i. e., -τοῖς], James 2:4 [others refer this to 1: do ye not make distinctions among yourselves]; μηδὲν διακρινόμενος, nothing doubting, i. e. wholly free from doubt, James 1:6; without any hesitation as to whether it be lawful or not, Acts 10:20 and according to R G in Acts 11:12; οὐ διεκρίθη τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ, he did not hesitate through lack of faith, Romans 4:20.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
16:3; 21:21
Mark
11:23
Acts
10:20; 11:2; 11:12; 11:12; 15:9
Romans
4:20; 14:23
1 Corinthians
4:7; 6:5; 11:29; 11:31; 14:29
James
1:6; 1:6; 2:4
Jude
1:9; 1:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1252 matches the Greek διακρίνω (diakrinō),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I make them know the statutes of God and his laws.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:12 - And they put him in custody, till the will of the LORD should be clear to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 - And this he said of Judah:
“Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah,
and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend[fn] for him,
and be a help against his adversaries.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 - Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to external duties for Israel, as officers and judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14 - How then can I answer him,
choosing my words with him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:5 - For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - Will any teach God knowledge,
seeing that he judges those who are on high?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10 - But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4 - He calls to the heavens above
and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.
God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:9 - Open your mouth, judge righteously,
defend the rights of the poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:35 - And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36 - As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - “As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20 - “Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24 - In a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2 - I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12 - Let the nations stir themselves up
and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
for there I will sit to judge
all the surrounding nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:7 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.
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