GreekG1378Noun (Neuter)

δόγμα

dogma

5Occurrences
G1378Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)

from the base of G1380 (δοκέω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.an opinion.
2.A public decree, ordinance
LXX: chiefly for דָּת, טְעֵם

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

δόγμα appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2
Colossians
1
Ephesians
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

Acts 16:4BSB

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

Acts 17:7BSB

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

Colossians 2:14BSB

having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

Ephesians 2:15BSB

by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

Luke 2:1BSB

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

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