diakrinō · judge, doubt

What it means

diakrinō (διακρίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “judge, doubt”.

Distinguish, judge between two things; in the middle voice, doubt, or dispute.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To make a difference between people.
2. To weigh something, judge between two.
3. To waver, be unsure in faith.
4. To contend with someone in words over a matter.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• discern ×3
• doubt ×3
• one who doubts ×2
• without hesitating at all ×2
• contending ×1
• decide ×1
• doubting ×1
• he made no distinction ×1
• made distinctions ×1
• makes you different ×1
• others ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• Acts×4
• Romans×2
• 1 Corinthians×5
• James×3
• Jude×2

• Matthew 16:3

  And in the morning, ‘Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but the signs of the times you cannot discern.

• Matthew 21:21

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

• Mark 11:23

  Truly I tell you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, it will be done for him.

• Acts 10:20

  But get up, go down, and go with them without hesitating at all, because I have sent them.”

• Acts 11:2

  And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision took issue with him,

• Acts 11:12

  And the Spirit told me to go with them, without hesitating at all. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man’s house.

• Acts 15:9

  and he made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

• Romans 4:20

  yet with respect to the promise of God he did not waver in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

• Romans 14:23

  But the one who doubts, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

• 1 Corinthians 4:7

  For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

• 1 Corinthians 6:5

  I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you anyone wise who will be able to decide between his brothers,

• 1 Corinthians 11:29

  For the one who eats and drinks eats and drinks judgment on himself if he does not discern the body.

• 1 Corinthians 11:31

  But if we discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.

• 1 Corinthians 14:29

  And let two or three prophets speak, and let the others discern.

• James 1:6

  But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about.

• James 2:4

  have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

• Jude 1:9

  But when Michael the archangel, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a judgment of blasphemy, but said, May the Lord rebuke you.

• Jude 1:22

  And have mercy on some who doubt;

And 1 more times.