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Koine Greek wordlink #117820

SR GNT 1 Cor 11:29 διακρίνων (diakrinōn) ‘and is drinking not distinguishing the body’ Strongs=12520 Lemma=diakrinō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=59 AD Refers to Word #117810

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Only use of identical word form διακρίνων (V-PPA·NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘διακρίνων’ (V-PPA·NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘distinguishing’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘diakrinō’ have 15 different glosses: ‘having doubted’, ‘is distinguishing’, ‘let_be distinguishing’, ‘may_be doubted’, ‘to distinguish’, ‘to_be distinguishing’, ‘were doubting’, ‘he was doubted’, ‘he distinguished’, ‘it may_be doubted’, ‘we were distinguishing’, ‘you_all were distinguished’, ‘disputing’, ‘distinguishing’, ‘doubting’.

Greek words (4) other than διακρίνων (V-PPA·NMS) with a gloss related to ‘distinguishing’

MAT 16:3 διακρίνειν (diakrinein) V-NPA···· ‘of the sky you are knowing to_be distinguishing the and signs’ SR GNT Mat 16:3 word 18

OET-LV: 3  (MAT_16:3)

OET-RV: 3 ◘ (MAT 16:3)

1 COR 4:7 διακρίνει (diakrinei) V-IPA3··S ‘who for you is distinguishing what and you are having’ SR GNT 1 Cor 4:7 word 4

OET-LV: 7 For/Because who you is _distinguishing? And what you _are _having which not you _received? And if also you _received, why you _are _boasting as not having _received? (CO1_4:7)

OET-RV: 7 because who makes you better than others? What do you have that wasn’t given to you? And if it was given to you, why would you boast as if it hadn’t been given to you? (CO1 4:7)

1 COR 11:31 διεκρίνομεν (diekrinomen) V-IIA1··P ‘if and ourselves we were distinguishing not we were_being judged’ SR GNT 1 Cor 11:31 word 5

OET-LV: 31 If and ourselves we _were _distinguishing, not wishfully we _were _being _judged. (CO1_11:31)

OET-RV: 31 but if we were examining ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged. (CO1 11:31)

1 COR 14:29 διακρινέτωσαν (diakrinetōsan) V-MPA3··P ‘and the others let_be distinguishing’ SR GNT 1 Cor 14:29 word 10

OET-LV: 29 Prophets two and or three let _be _speaking, and the others let _be _distinguishing. (CO1_14:29)

OET-RV: 29 But let two or three people prophesy, and then the others should evaluate what was said. (CO1 14:29)

Key: V=verb