Difference between revisions of "Doubt"

<p> '''''dout''''' : This word, found only a score of times in the Bible, translates nevertheless about half as many different [[Hebrew]] and [[Greek]] originals with a corresponding variety of meanings. </p> <p> In [[Genesis]] 37:33 "without doubt" is to be taken in the common sense of "certainly"; in Job 12:2 in the sarcastic sense of "indeed!" In Daniel 5:12 , Daniel 5:16 , it is used as a difficult problem or mystery to be explained, and these are the only cases of its employment in the Old Testament. </p> <p> In the New [[Testament]] it is about equally used to translate διαπορέω , <i> '''''diaporéō''''' </i> , and διακρίνω , <i> '''''diakrı́nō''''' </i> , and their cognates. The first means "to be without resource," "utterly at a loss," "nonplussed"; and the second, "to judge diversely." For the first, see John 13:22; Acts 2:12 the King James Version; Acts 5:24 the King James Version; Acts 10:17 the King James Version; Acts 25:20 the King James Version; and Galatians 4:20 the King James Version. For the second see Matthew 21:21; Mark 11:23; Acts 10:20; Romans 14:23 . The last-named is deserving of particular attention. "He that doubteth is condemned (the King James Version "damned") if he eat," means that in a case of uncertainty as to one's [[Christian]] liberty, it were better to err on the side of restraint. In Luke 12:29 "to be of doubtful mind" ( μετεωρίζω , <i> '''''meteōrı́zō''''' </i> , literally, "to suspend"; see Thayer, under the word), means "to be driven by gusts," or "to fluctuate in mid-air." </p> <p> Here, as in Matthew 14:31 , "doubt" does not indicate a lack of faith, but rather "a state of <i> qualified </i> faith": its weakness, but not its absence. </p> <p> In John 10:24 "doubt" translates αἴρω ψυχήν , <i> '''''aı́rō psuchḗn''''' </i> , which literally means "to lift up the soul" or "to keep one in suspense"; so the Revised Version (British and American). See also [[Disputation]] . </p>

<p> '''''dout''''' : This word, found only a score of times in the Bible, translates nevertheless about half as many different [[Hebrew]] and [[Greek]] originals with a corresponding variety of meanings. </p> <p> In [[Genesis]] 37:33 "without doubt" is to be taken in the common sense of "certainly"; in Job 12:2 in the sarcastic sense of "indeed!" In Daniel 5:12 , Daniel 5:16 , it is used as a difficult problem or mystery to be explained, and these are the only cases of its employment in the Old Testament. </p> <p> In the New [[Testament]] it is about equally used to translate διαπορέω , <i> '''''diaporéō''''' </i> , and διακρίνω , <i> '''''diakrı́nō''''' </i> , and their cognates. The first means "to be without resource," "utterly at a loss," "nonplussed"; and the second, "to judge diversely." For the first, see John 13:22; Acts 2:12 the King James Version; Acts 5:24 the King James Version; Acts 10:17 the King James Version; Acts 25:20 the King James Version; and Galatians 4:20 the King James Version. For the second see Matthew 21:21; Mark 11:23; Acts 10:20; Romans 14:23 . The last-named is deserving of particular attention. "He that doubteth is condemned (the King James Version "damned") if he eat," means that in a case of uncertainty as to one's [[Christian]] liberty, it were better to err on the side of restraint. In Luke 12:29 "to be of doubtful mind" ( μετεωρίζω , <i> '''''meteōrı́zō''''' </i> , literally, "to suspend"; see Thayer, under the word), means "to be driven by gusts," or "to fluctuate in mid-air." </p> <p> Here, as in Matthew 14:31 , "doubt" does not indicate a lack of faith, but rather "a state of <i> qualified </i> faith": its weakness, but not its absence. </p> <p> In John 10:24 "doubt" translates αἴρω ψυχήν , <i> '''''aı́rō psuchḗn''''' </i> , which literally means "to lift up the soul" or "to keep one in suspense"; so the Revised Version (British and American). See also [[Disputation]] . </p>