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Lexicon :: Strong's G1378 - dogma

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δόγμα
Transliteration
dogma (Key)
Pronunciation
dog'-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of δοκέω (G1380)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:230,178

Strong’s Definitions

δόγμα dógma, dog'-mah; from the base of G1380; a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical):—decree, ordinance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G1378 in the following manner: decree (3x), ordinance (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G1378 in the following manner: decree (3x), ordinance (2x).

  1. doctrine, decree, ordinance

    1. of public decrees

    2. of the Roman Senate

    3. of rulers

  2. the rules and requirements of the law of Moses; carrying a suggestion of severity and of threatened judgment

  3. of certain decrees of the apostles relative to right living

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δόγμα dógma, dog'-mah; from the base of G1380; a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical):—decree, ordinance.
STRONGS G1378:
δόγμα, -τος, τό, (from δοκέω, and equivalent to τὸ δεδογμένον), an opinion, a judgment (Plato, others), doctrine, decree, ordinance;
1. of public decrees (as τῆς πόλεως, Plato, legg. 1, p. 644 d.; of the Roman Senate, [Polybius 6, 13, 2]; Herodian, 7, 10, 8 [5, Bekker edition]): of rulers, Luke 2:1; Acts 17:7; Hebrews 11:23 Lachmann, (Theodotion in Daniel 2:13; Daniel 3:10; Daniel 4:3; Daniel 6:13, etc. — where the Sept. uses other words).
2. of the rules and requirements of the law of Moses, 3 Macc. 1:3; διατήρησις τῶν ἁγίων δογμάτων, Philo, alleg. legg. i., § 16; carrying a suggestion of severity, and of threatened punishment, τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασι, the law containing precepts in the form of decrees [A. V. the law of commandments contained in ordinances], Ephesians 2:15; τὸ καθ’ ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον τοῖς δόγμασι equivalent to τὸ τοῖς δόγμασι (dative of instrument) by ὃν καθ’ ἡμῶν, the bond against us by its decrees, Colossians 2:14; cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 10 Note 1 [Buttmann, 92 (80); on both passages see Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited].
3. of certain decrees of the apostles relative to right living: Acts 16:4. (Of all the precepts of the Christian religion: βεβαιωθῆναι ἐν τοῖς δόγμασιν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων, Ignatius ad Magnes. 13, 1; of the precepts ('sentences' or tenets) of philosophers, in the later secular writings: Cicero, acad. 2, 9, 27 de suis decretis, quae philosophi vocant dogmata.) [On the use of the word in general, see Bp. Lightfoot as above; (cf. 'Teaching' etc. 11, 3).]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Daniel
2:13; 3:10; 4:3; 6:13
Luke
2:1
Acts
16:4; 17:7
Ephesians
2:15
Colossians
2:14
Hebrews
11:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1378 matches the Greek δόγμα (dogma),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:1 - And G1161 it came to pass G1096 in G1722 those G1565 days, G2250 that there went out G1831 a decree G1378 from G3844 Caesar G2541 Augustus, G828 that all G3956 the world G3625 should be taxed. G583

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - And G1161 as G5613 they went through G1279 the cities, G4172 they delivered G3860 them G846 the decrees G1378 for to keep, G5442 that were ordained G2919 of G5259 the apostles G652 and G2532 elders G4245 which G3588 were at G1722 Jerusalem. G2419

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - Whom G3739 Jason G2394 hath received: G5264 and G2532 these G3778 all G3956 do G4238 contrary G561 to the decrees G1378 of Caesar, G2541 saying G3004 that there is G1511 another G2087 king, G935 one Jesus. G2424

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - Having abolished G2673 in G1722 his G846 flesh G4561 the enmity, G2189 even the law G3551 of commandments G1785 contained in G1722 ordinances; G1378 for to G2443 make G2936 in G1722 himself G1438 of twain G1417 one G1519 G1520 new G2537 man, G444 so making G4160 peace; G1515

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:14 - Blotting out G1813 the handwriting G5498 of ordinances G1378 that was against G2596 us, G2257 which G3739 was G2258 contrary G5227 to us, G2254 and G2532 took G142 it G846 out of G1537 the way, G3319 nailing G4338 it G846 to his cross; G4716
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