Words the Bible translates as decide
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- eudokeōεὐδοκέωto decide freely and gladly: to resolve on something, or to consent and agree to it
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- to look on with favor: to be well pleased with, take pleasure in, or find acceptable
- yakhaḥיָכַחto set right: to establish what is just between parties, whether by judging, arguing a case, correcting with words, or disciplining
- horizōὁρίζωto fix something definitely: to settle a time, a plan, or a person's role so that the matter is no longer open
- diaginōskōδιαγινώσκωto decidenot studied yet
- ḥaratsחָרַץto settle a matter by cutting it off: to decide, determine, or decree, so that the outcome is fixed and cannot be reopened
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- to whet to a sharp edge; used in the Bible only of sharpening the tongue at someone, the way a dog growls before it bites
- epikrinōἐπικρίνωto decidenot studied yet
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