διακρίνω
diakrinō
“to judge/doubt”
Definition
to separate thoroughly, i.e. (literally and reflexively) to withdraw from, or (by implication) oppose; figuratively, to discriminate (by implication, decide), or (reflexively) hesitate
from G1223 (διά) and G2919 (κρίνω);
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Occurrences
διακρίνω appears 18 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;
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