διάγνωσις
diágnōsis · G1233 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to decide a case, to arrive at a verdict after examination
To make a judgment on legal matters, with the implication of thorough examination
ExamplesActs 25:21 “But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor’s decision, I ordered that he be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σεβαστόςimperial 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀνάκρισις anákrisis · G351 · to investigate in court, to hear a case, to interrogate
- Greek term for judicial examination or investigation; both refer to formal legal inquiry, with ἀνάκρισις emphasizing the questioning process and διάγνωσις the discerning examination leading to verdict
- κρίσις krísis · G2920 · making a legal decision, arriving at a verdict, judgment
- While κρίσις often emphasizes the verdict or act of judging itself, it can overlap with διάγνωσις in contexts of judicial decision-making; διάγνωσις focuses more on the examination process leading to the verdict
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To decide a case, to arrive at a verdict after examination56.21
- Used of the emperor's own judicial ruling, as of Paul's appeal to be kept in custody for the Emperor's decision in Acts 25:21.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon διαγνώσεως, ἡ, (see διαγινώσκω); 1. a distinguishing. 2. in a legal sense…
1. a distinguishing.
2. in a legal sense (Latincognitio), examination, opinion, decision, (Sap. iii. 18; Plato, legg. 9, p. 865 c.): Acts 25:21.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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