What does διάκρισις (diákrisis) mean in the Bible?
διάκρισις (diákrisis): Discernment or judgment that distinguishes between options; critical spiritual evaluation rather than mere opinion.
Greek · G1253
διάκρισις
Judicial estimation
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διάκρισιςG1253
Pronunciationdiákrisis
What does διάκρισις (diákrisis) mean in the Bible?
διάκρισις (diákrisis): Discernment or judgment that distinguishes between options; critical spiritual evaluation rather than mere opinion.
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How does the BSB render G1253?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include distinguish (1), distinguishing (1), passing judgment (1).
Where does διάκρισις (diákrisis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 14:1. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itdistinguish1×Hebrews 5:14
distinguishing1×1 Corinthians 12:10
passing judgment1×Romans 14:1
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First aligned rowRomans 14:1
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Romans11 Corinthians1Hebrews1
Source forms
διακρίσεις2xdiakriseisRomans 14:1, 1 Corinthians 12:10
διάκρισιν1xdiakrisinHebrews 5:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1xRomans 14:1
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xHebrews 5:14
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural1x1 Corinthians 12:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Discernment or judgment that distinguishes between options; critical spiritual evaluation rather than mere opinion.
Strong'sG1253
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkRomans 14:1-12Source Gloss
judicial estimation
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 14:1Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
διακρίσειςdiakriseiv
distinguishing, deciding, passing sentence on
Read verse1 Corinthians 12:10Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
διακρίσειςdiakriseiv
distinguishing, deciding, passing sentence on
Read verseHebrews 5:14Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διάκρισινdiakrisin
distinguishing, deciding, passing sentence on
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine1 Cor 12:101×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineRom 14:11×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineHeb 5:141×
Where It Appears in Scripture
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Biblical Witnesses
Discernment in evaluating others' faith and conscience regarding disputable matters
Judicial discrimination and wise assessment in ruling and separating good from evil
The faculties for perceiving and distinguishing truth, hearing and seeing with understanding
Word Origins
διάκρισις is built from this root:
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