Strong's Greek · G1252
διακρίνω
diakrínō
contend, make (to) differ(-ence), discern, doubt, judge, be partial, stagger, waver
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
Derivation
Appears 19 times in Scripture
“He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.”
“and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.”
“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?”
“For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.”
“I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?”
““Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you 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.”
“Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,”
“The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.”
““Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.”
“But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).