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Prejudice

πρόκριμαStrong’s G4299

prokrima

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Prokrima is the Greek word usually translated “prejudice”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.”
1 Timothy 5:21 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “prejudice”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • prejudice 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Timothy 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    πρόκριμα prokrima · prejudice

    πρό-κριμα, -τος, τό (cl. προκρίνειν, 1. to prefer. 2. to judge beforehand), pre-judging, prejudice: 1Ti.5:21 (see Cremer, 378).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “prejudice” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PREJ'UDICE, noun

    [Latin prejudicium; proe and judico.]

    1. Prejudgment; an opinion or decision of mind, formed without due examination of the facts or arguments which are necessary to a just and impartial determination.
    2. A previous bent or bias of mind for or against any person or thing; prepossession.
    3. Mischief; hurt; damage; injury.
    All definitions and other forms of “prejudice”

      PREJ'UDICE, verb transitive

      To prepossess with unexamined opinions, or opinions formed without due knowledge of the facts and circumstances attending the question; to bias the mind by hasty and incorrect notions, and give it an unreasonable bent to one side or other of a cause.

      1. To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or an undue previous bias of the mind; or to hurt; to damage; to diminish; to impair; in a very general sense.

      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.