To penetrate
διϊκνέομαιStrong’s G1338diikneomai
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Diikneomai is the Greek word usually translated “penetrating”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Meaning
Usually translated “penetrating”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- penetrating 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
διϊκνέομαι diikneomai · to penetrate
δι-ικνέομαι (Rec. διϊκ-), -οῦμαι, [in LXX for בָּרַח hi., Exo.26:28 * ;] to go through, penetrate: Heb.4:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “penetrate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PEN'ETRATE, verb transitive
[Latin penetro, from the root of pen, a point.]
- To enter or pierce; to make way into another body; as, a sword or dart penetrates the body; oil penetrates wood; marrow, the most penetrating of oil substances.
- To affect the mind; to cause to feel.
- To reach by the intellect; to understand; as, to penetrate the meaning or design of any thing.
- To enter; to pass into the interior; as, to penetrate a country.
All definitions and other forms of “penetrate”
PEN'ETRATE, verb intransitive
To pass; to make way.
- To make way intellectually.
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.