Words the Bible translates as make a distinction
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- 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."
- badalבָּדַלto draw a dividing line between two things: to part them, to tell them apart, or to set one of them aside for a purpose
- palahפָּלָהto set apart: God marking off one person, place, or people from all the rest and treating them differently
+1 more meaning
- to be or to make wondrous: to stand out, or to make something stand out, as awe-inspiring and far past the ordinary
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