Quick Definition
διάγνωσις, εως, ἡ n.f. judicial examination, decision
Strong's Definition
from 1231; (magisterial) examination ("diagnosis")
KJV Usage: hearing
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | γινώσκω
56.21 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Judge, Condemn, Acquit
to decide a case, to arrive at a verdict after examination to make a judgment on legal matters, with the implication of thorough examination
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διάγνωσις, -ews, 7, (see διαγινώσκω) ; 1. a distinguishing. 2. in a legal sense (Lat. cognitio), examination, opinion, decision, (Sap. iii. 18; Plat. lege. 9 p.865c.): Acts xxv. 21.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διάγνωσις diagnōsis 1x
pr. an act of distinguishing or discernment; a determination; examination judicially, hearing, trial, Acts 25:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** διά-γνωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< διαγιγνώσκω), [in LXX: Wi 3:18 * ;]
a distinguishing, also as medical term.
As law-term (Lat. cognitio), determination, decision: Ac 25:21 (Cremer, 674).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διάγνωσις (diagnōsis) — decision. διά-γνωσις, εως, ἡ, distinguishing, τὴν δ. ποιεῖσθαι ὁποῖοι ἐκράτουν ἢ ἐκρατοῦντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; means of distinguishing or discerning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of medical diagnosis, δ. ποιεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. power of discernment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. resolving, deciding, δ. ποιεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τῆς ἀξίας ποιεῖσθαι to determine the value, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; = Latin cognitio, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; ἐπὶ διαγνώσεων τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ, = Latin a cognitionibus Augusti, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]