STRONGS G1252:
διακρίνω; imperfect
διέκρινον; 1 aorist
διέκρινα; middle [present
διακρίνομαι]; imperfect
διεκρινόμην; 1 aorist
διεκρίθην (in secular authors in a passive sense,
to be separated; cf. Winers Grammar, § 39, 2; [Buttmann, 52 (45)]); in Greek writings from Homer down; in the
Sept. chiefly for
שָׁפַט, also for
הֵדִין etc.
1. to separate, make a distinction, discriminate, [cf.
διά, C. 4]:
οὐδὲν διέκρινε μεταξὺ ἡμῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν,
Acts 15:9;
μηδὲν διακρίναντα, making no difference, namely, between Jews and Gentiles,
Acts 11:12 L T Tr WH; like the Latin
distinguo, used emphatically: to distinguish or separate a person or thing from the rest, in effect equivalent to
to prefer, yield to him the preference or honor:
τινά,
1 Corinthians 4:7 [cf. Winer's Grammar, 452 (421)];
τὸ σῶμα (
τοῦ κυρίου),
1 Corinthians 11:29.
2. to learn by discrimination, to try, decide:
Matthew 16:3 [T brackets WH reject the passage];
1 Corinthians 14:29;
ἑαυτόν,
1 Corinthians 11:31;
to determine, give judgment, decide a dispute:
1 Corinthians 6:5.
Passive and middle
to be parted, to separate oneself from;
1. to withdraw from one, desert him (Thucydides 1, 105; 3, 9); of heretics withdrawing from the society of true Christians (
Sozom. 7, 2 [p. 705, Vales. edition]
ἐκ τούτου οἱ μὲν διακριθέντες ἰδίᾳ ἐκκλησίαζον):
Jude 1:22 according to the (preferable) reading of
L T Tr text
ἐλέγχετε διακρινομένους,
those who separate themselves from you,
i. e. who apostatize; instead of the
Rec. ἐλεεῖτε διακρινόμενοι, which is to be rendered,
making for yourselves a selection; cf. Huther at the passage; [others though adopting the reading preferred above, refer
διακρ. to the following head and translate it
while they dispute with you; but WH (see their Appendix) Tr marginal reading follow manuscripts
א B and a few other authorities in reading
ἐλεᾶτε διακρινομένους, according to which
διακρ. is probably to be referred to signification 3:
R. V. text "on some have mercy,
who are in doubt"].
2. to separate oneself in a hostile spirit,
to oppose, strive with, dispute, contend: with the dative of person
Jude 1:9 (Polybius 2, 22, 11 [cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 g.; Buttmann, 177 (154)];
πρός τινα,
Acts 11:2 (Herodotus 9, 58).
3. in a sense not found in secular authors,
to be at variance with oneself, hesitate, doubt:
Matthew 21:21;
Romans 14:23;
James 1:6;
ἐν τῇ καρδία αὐτοῦ,
Mark 11:23;
ἐν ἑαυτῷ [i. e.,
-τοῖς],
James 2:4 [others refer this to 1:
do ye not make distinctions among yourselves];
μηδὲν διακρινόμενος, nothing doubting,
i. e. wholly free from doubt,
James 1:6; without any hesitation as to whether it be lawful or not,
Acts 10:20 and according to R G in
Acts 11:12;
οὐ διεκρίθη τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ, he did not hesitate through lack of faith,
Romans 4:20.
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