UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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διάκρισις

MainId: 001268000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: δ

StrongCodes: G1253

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001268001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: διάκρισις

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -εως

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'κρίνω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001268001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 30.112

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Think

      LEXSubDomains: To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-12 16:26:07

         DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:διακρίνω}[a] ‘to evaluate carefully,’ {D:30.109}) the ability to evaluate and judge

         Glosses: ['to be able to judge', 'ability to make judgments', 'ability to decide']

         Comments: In rendering {S:04601201000020} it is essential to recognize that the process of judging must have both positive and negative aspects, so that πνευμάτων must imply gifts which are genuinely from the Spirit of God and those which are not.

      LEXReferences: 1 COR 12:10, HEB 5:14

   2. LEXID: 001268001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.444

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Dispute, Debate

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-12 16:26:07

         DefinitionShort: to dispute with someone on the basis of different judgments

         Glosses: ['to dispute', 'to debate about', 'contention', 'dispute']

      LEXReferences: ROM 14:1