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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

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Strong's Number G1252 matches the Greek διακρίνω (diakrinō),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:21 - Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:23 - “Truly[fn] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:20 - So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:2 - So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:12 - The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:9 - He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:20 - Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:23 - But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:7 - For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:5 - I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:29 - For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:31 - But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:29 - Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:6 - But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:4 - have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:9 - But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:22 - Be merciful to those who doubt;
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