noun · feminine
diakrisias
Strong’sG1253
distinguishing, deciding, passing sentence on
stem diakrisi-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
διά-κρισις, -εως, ἡ
(< διακρίνω) [in LXX for מִפְלָשׂ, Jb 37:16 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1253 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddee-ak'-ree-sis
judicial estimation
Fromfrom G1252;
King Jamesdiscern(-ing), disputation.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
separation, dissolution, opposed to σύγκρισις, Refs 5th c.BC+; segregation, τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων Refs 1st c.AD+; discrimination, καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ NT; differentiation, Refs 5th c.AD+
2 in concrete sense, resolved form, ἡ ἀτμὶς ὕδατος δ. ἐστιν Refs 4th c.BC+
II decision, determination, Refs 5th c.BC+; judicial decision, Refs 1st c.AD+: metaphorically, NT; interpretation of dreams or omens, Refs 1st c.AD+; δ. σημειώσεως medical diagnosis, Refs 2nd c.AD+: but in plural, αἱ ἐκ νούσων δ. determinations, crises, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 examination or revision of accounts, δ. πρακτόρων Wilcken Refs 3rd c.AD+
III decision by battle, τάξεων πρὸς ἀλλήλους Refs 2nd c.BC+; quarrel, dispute, Refs 4th c.BC+
IV in Refs 5th c.BC+, space between the eyes in dogs.
V separation of tumour from bloodvessels, Refs 2nd c.AD+
V.2 secretion, οὔρων Refs 2nd c.AD+
VI a bandage, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | diakrisias | diakrisiais1×διακρίσεις |
| object accusative | diakrisian1×διάκρισιν | diakrisiain1×διακρίσεις |
| direct address vocative | diakrisiar | diakrisiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | diakrisiau | diakrisiaiu |
| to, for dative | diakrisia | diakrisiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
diakrisia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
diakrisian“discern”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 5:14“discern”… hexian teim aisthētērieim gumnazorēnteim echarōntoiu pros diakrisian kaleu tē kai kakoseu.… constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
diakrisiais“distinguishing”subjectnominative plural1×
1 Corinthians 12:10alloso energēmeim dunamiaiu, alloso profēteias, alloso diakrisiais pneumeiu, hetero geneim glōssaiu, alloso hermēneias …… miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in …
diakrisiain“purpose of quarreling”objectaccusative plural1×
Romans 14:1“purpose of quarreling”… asthenarōnton ta pistia proslabovōr, mē eis diakrisiain dialogismoiu.Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.