Quick Definition
διάκρισις, εως, ἡ n.f. distinguishing, deciding, passing sentence on
Strong's Definition
from 1252; judicial estimation
KJV Usage: discern(-ing), disputation
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | κρίνω
30.112 · Think · To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge
to be able to judge, ability to make judgments, ability to decide (derivative of διακρίνω[a] ‘to evaluate carefully,’ 30.109) the ability to evaluate and judge In rendering 1CO 12:10 it is essential to recognize that the process of judging must have both positive and negative aspects, so that πνευμάτων must imply gifts which are genuinely from the Spirit of God and those which are not.
33.444 · Communication · Dispute, Debate
to dispute, to debate about, contention, dispute to dispute with someone on the basis of different judgments
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διάκρισις diakrisis 3x
a separation; a distinction, or, doubt, Rom. 14:1; a discerning, the act of discerning or distinguishing, Heb. 5:14; the faculty of distinguishing and estimating, 1 Cor. 12:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
διά-κρισις, -εως, ἡ
(< διακρίνω) [in LXX for מִפְלָשׂ, Jb 37:16 * ;]
the act of judgment, discernment: Ro 14:1, I Co 12:10, He 5:14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διάκρισις. With the use οἱ διακρίνω cited above rom BGU ITI 747, ef. P Par 69©°% (A.D, 233) διάκρισιν πρακτόρων, the
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διάκρισις (diakrisis) — discernment. διά-κρῐσις, εως, ἡ, separation, dissolution, opposed to σύγκρισις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; segregation, τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων [Refs 1st c.AD+]; discrimination, καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ [NT]; differentiation, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
2. in concrete sense, resolved form, ἡ ἀτμὶς ὕδατος δ. ἐστιν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. decision, determination, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; judicial decision, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically, [NT]; interpretation of dreams or omens, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; δ. σημειώσεως medical diagnosis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: but in plural, αἱ ἐκ νούσων δ. determinations, crises, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. examination or revision of accounts, δ. πρακτόρων Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III. decision by battle, τάξεων πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; quarrel, dispute, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. in [Refs 5th c.BC+], space between the eyes in dogs.
V. separation of tumour from bloodvessels, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V.2. secretion, οὔρων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VI. a bandage, [Refs]