Discernment
διάκρισιςStrong’s G1253diakrisis
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Diakrisis is the Greek word usually translated “passing judgment”, “distinguishing” and “distinguish”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.”
Meaning
Usually translated “passing judgment”, “distinguishing” and “distinguish”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- passing judgment 1
- distinguishing 1
- distinguish 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Hebrews 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 12:10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
- Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Greek dictionary
διάκρισις diakrisis · discernment
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 STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “discernment” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISCERNMENT, noun
The act of discerning; also, the power or faculty of the mind, by which it distinguishes one thing from another, as truth from falsehood, virtue from vice; acuteness of judgment; power of perceiving differences of things or ideas, and their relations and tendencies. The errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.