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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 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - “There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon, namely Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men, O king, do not pay attention to you; they do not serve your gods and do not worship the golden image which you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - “Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or tongue that says anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - “So I gave a decree to bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - “Now, O king, establish the injunction and [fn]sign the written document so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which [fn]may not be revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:9 - Therefore King Darius signed the written document, that is, the injunction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 -

Now when Daniel knew that the written document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, [fn]as he had been doing previously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then they came near and said before the king concerning the king’s injunction, “Did you not sign an injunction that any man who seeks to make a petition [fn]to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions’ den?” The king answered and said, “The word is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which [fn]may not be revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the [fn]exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps seeking to make his petition three times a day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then these men came [fn]by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “[fn]I make a decree that in all the [fn]dominion of my kingdom, men are to fear and be in dread before the God of Daniel;

For He is the living God and enduring forever,

And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,

And His [fn]dominion will be unto the end.

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