noun · neuter
dogmem
Strong’sG1378
a decree, edict, ordinance
stem dogm-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 6 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.
δόγμα, -τος, τό
(< δοκέω), [in LXX chiefly for דָּת, טְעֵם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1378 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddog'-mah
a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)
Fromfrom the base of G1380;
King Jamesdecree, ordinance.
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
(δοκέω) that which seems to one, opinion or belief, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of philosophical doctrines, Refs 4th c.BC+; notion, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 decision, judgement, Refs; public decree, ordinance, Refs 5th c.BC+; δόγμα ποιήσασθαι, with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of Roman Senatus-consulta, δ. συγκλήτου Refs 2nd c.BC+
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 or object direct | dogmem1×δόγμα | dogmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | dogmeu | dogmeiu1×δογμάτων |
| to, for dative | dogme | dogmei2×δόγμασιν |
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
dogme 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
dogmem“decree”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Luke 2:1… de en tai hēmerai ekeinai exerchata dogmem para Kaisarou Augoustou apograforō pantan tan …Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that …
dogmeiu“decrees”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 17:7… Iasōnos; kai houtois pantois apenanti teiu dogmeiu Kaisarou prassalō, basilevon heteron legarōntois arō …… home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king …
dogmei“ordinances”to, fordative plural2×
Ephesians 2:15“ordinances”ton nomon taiu entolaiu en dogmei katargarantos, hina toin duo ktizateia en …by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making …
Colossians 2:14“legal demands”exaleifarantos tem kata nu cheirografem tei dogmei hem ate hupenantiem ni, kai autem …… ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing …
dogmeim1×
Acts 16:4… tain polain, paradōale autoi fulassarō teim dogmeim teim krinorēnteim hupo toiu apostoloiu kai …… town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and …