Diakrisis διάκρισις

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Diakrisis
διάκρισις
Transliterationdiakrisis
Strong's numberG1253
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossdiscernment
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inRomans (1)

Diakrisis (Greek διάκρισις, Strong's G1253) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “discernment”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

διά-κρισις, -εως, ἡ
(διακρίνω) [in LXX for מִפְלָשׂ, Job.37:16 * ;]
the act of judgment, discernment: Rom.14:1, 1Co.12:10, Heb.5:14.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdisputations (1), discerning (1), discern (1)
BSBpassing judgment (1), distinguishing (1), distinguish (1)

Verses

Every verse with Diakrisis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Romans

1 Corinthians

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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