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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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:12 - They put him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 - And this he said about Judah: “Hear, LORD, the cry of Judah; bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause. Oh, be his help against his foes!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 - From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14 - “How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:5 - Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - “Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:1 - A psalm of Asaph. God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the “gods”:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:9 - Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth, a man with whom the whole land strives and contends! I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:35 - I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36 - As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - “ ‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20 - “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24 - “ ‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals, and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2 - I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[fn] There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12 - “Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:7 - “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.
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