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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 2:13 - So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:10 - You, O king, have made a decree, that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - So I made a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:8

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:9 - Therefore King Darius signed the document and injunction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then they came near and said before the king, concerning the injunction, “O king! Did you not sign an injunction, that anyone who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The thing stands fast, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot 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 exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or the injunction you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then these men came 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 ordinance that the king establishes can be changed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel,
for he is the living God,
enduring forever;
his kingdom shall never be destroyed,
and his dominion shall be to the end.
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