Words the Bible translates as discern
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- dokimazōδοκιμάζωto put something to the test to find out whether it is genuine, and so to prove and approve it
- nakharנָכַרto recognize: to look at someone or something and correctly identify what it is
+1 more meaning
- to treat as foreign: to make a person or thing strange, whether by disguising, disowning, or failing to know it
- diakrinōδιακρίνωto tell things apart: to distinguish, discern, evaluate, or decide between them.
+2 more meanings
- to dispute or contend with someone; to take issue.
- to be divided within oneself, to waver; traditionally rendered "to doubt."
- anakrinōἀνακρίνωto look into something closely in order to size it up: to investigate, question, or weigh it toward a verdict
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Every English meaning beginning with D is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.