διαγινώσκω; future διαγνώσομαι; 1. to distinguish (Latindignosco), i. e. to know accurately, ascertain exactly: τί, Act_23:15; (so in Greek writings from Homer down). 2. in a legal sense, to examine, determine, decide, (cf. Cicero,cognosco): τά καθ' ὑμᾶς your case, Act_24:22; (2Ma_9:15; Demosthenes, p. 629, 25; p. 545, 9; others).

διαγινώσκω diaginōskō 2x pr. to distinguish; to resolve determinately; to examine, inquire into, judicially, Act_23:15 ; Act_24:22

δια -γινώσκω ( v. previous word G1230 ), [in LXX chiefly for H3045 , and cf. 2Ma_9:15 ;] 1. to distinguish, ascertain exactly: Act_23:15 2. As Athen. law-term, to determine: τὰ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς , your case, Act_24:22 ( Cremer , 673).†

διαγινώσχω [page 147] The verb is found = decide in P Tebt I. 17 .2 (B.C. 114) ἐπεὶ διέγνωσται , and ib. 55 .2 (private letter late ii/B.C.) ἐπεὶ διέγνωκα ἐξοδεύσειν ε [ἰ ]ς Τεβτῦνιν τῆι η̄ ἔκρινα γρᾶψαι , since I have decided to travel to T. on the 8th, I have determined to write to you (Edd.). The phrase ὁ βασιλεὺς διαγνώσεται occurs several times in the long papyrus regarding the affairs of Theodorus, the architect, P Petr III. 43 (B.C. 245) : the editors render the king shall take cognisance. The same formula occurs in P Amh II. 29 .18 , a contemporary document. It is to be classed with other instances of the technical legal use of διαγινώσκειν , which appears in Act_24:22 . Cf. CPR 18 .25 (A.D. 124) ὑ [πη ]γόρευσεν ἀπὸ [ν ]όμω [ν δι ]ε [γνῶσθα [ι ] κατὰ λέξ [ιν , dictirte . . . folgendes Erkenntniss nach dem Wortlaut des Gesetzes (Ed.), P Hal I. 1 .135 (mid. iii/B.C.) ἐὰν δέ [τ ]ι [ν ]ων φασκόντων ( l. τινες φάσκωσιν ) εἶν [αι ] τῆς [ἀ ]ποσκευῆς , οἱ δικασταὶ π [ερ ]ὶ τούτου δ [ι ]αγινωσκέ [τω ]σαν , P Oxy VII. 1032 .53 (A.D. 162) ἔντυχε οὖν τῷ κρατίσ [τῳ ἐ ]πισ [τρα ]τήγῳ , ὃς παρόντος αὐτοῦ π [ερὶ τ ]οῦ πράγματος δια [γν ]ώσετ [α ]ι , ib. VIII. 1117 .3 ( c. A.D. 178) ἔναγχος , ἡγεμὼν κύριε , ἐπιδημή [σας ἐν τῇ ήμετέρᾳ ] πόλει διέγνως μεταξὺ ἡμῶν καὶ ἀρχόντων .

δια-γινώσκω (see previous word), [in LXX chiefly for ידע, and cf. 2Ma.9:15 ;] __1. to distinguish, ascertain exactly: Act.23:15 __2. As Athen. law-term, to determine: τὰ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς, your case, Act.24:22 (Cremer, 673).† (AS)