diakrisis: the act of judgment Original Word: διάκρισις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: diakrisis
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ak'-ree-sis)
Short Definition: distinguishing, deciding, passing sentence on
Definition: distinguishing; hence: deciding, passing sentence on; the act of judgment, discernment.
Cognate: 1253 diákrisis (from 1252 /diakrínō, see there) – properly, a thorough judgment, i.e. a discernment (conclusion) which distinguishes "look-alikes," i.e. things that appear to be the same. (Note the intensifying force of the prefix, dia.) See also 1252 (diakrínō). Example: Heb 5:14: "But solid food relates to mature people (5046 /téleios), of those having the sense-faculties trained ('exercised,' Gk perfect tense) on account of the habit – [namely] for (4314 /prós) discernment (1253 /diákrisis), of both good ('in combination with,' 5037 /té] and [what is] miserably-bad." Word Origin
from diakrinó
Definition
the act of judgment
NASB Word Usage
discern (1), distinguishing (1), passing judgment (1).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org discerning, disputation. From diakrino; judicial estimation -- discern(-ing), disputation. see GREEK diakrino
διακρίνων — 1 Occ.
διακρινόμενος — 5 Occ.
διακρινομένους — 1 Occ.
διακριθῇ — 1 Occ.
διακριθῆτε — 1 Occ.
διέκρινεν — 1 Occ.
διεκρίνομεν — 1 Occ.
διεκρίνοντο — 1 Occ.
διεκρίθη — 1 Occ.
διεκρίθητε — 1 Occ.
διάκρισιν — 1 Occ.
διεκώλυεν — 1 Occ.
διελαλεῖτο — 1 Occ.
διελάλουν — 1 Occ.
διαλέγεται — 1 Occ.
διαλεγόμενον — 1 Occ.
διαλεγόμενος — 2 Occ.
διαλεγομένου — 2 Occ.
διελέχθησαν — 1 Occ.
διελέγετο — 4 Occ.
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