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<p> '''''di''''' -'''''zûrn''''' ´: Five [[Hebrew]] words are Thus translated: <i> '''''bı̄n''''' </i> , <i> '''''yādha‛''''' </i> , <i> '''''nākhar''''' </i> , <i> '''''rā'āh''''' </i> and <i> '''''shāma‛''''' </i> ̌ . It may simply mean "observe" ( <i> '''''bı̄n''''' </i> ), "I discerned among the youths" ( Proverbs 7:7 ); or discriminating knowlege, "A wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment" ( Ecclesiastes 8:5 , <i> '''''yādha‛''''' </i> ); "He discerned him not, because his hands," etc. ( [[Genesis]] 27:23 , <i> '''''nākhar''''' </i> ); "Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked" ( Malachi 3:18 , <i> '''''rā'āh''''' </i> ); "So is my lord the king to discern good," etc. ( 2 Samuel 14:17 , <i> '''''shāma‛''''' </i> ). In the New [[Testament]] the words <i> '''''anakrı́nō''''' </i> , <i> '''''diakrı́nō''''' </i> and <i> '''''dokimázō''''' </i> are thus translated, expressing close and distinct acquaintance with or a critical knowledge of things. Used in 1 Corinthians 2:14 the King James Version of "the things of the spirit of God"; in 1 Corinthians 11:29 of "the (Lord's) body" in the sacrament; in Matthew 16:3 of "the face of the heaven"; in Hebrews 5:14 of a clear knowledge of good and evil as the prerogative of a full-grown man. See also next article. </p> | <p> '''''di''''' -'''''zûrn''''' ´: Five [[Hebrew]] words are Thus translated: <i> '''''bı̄n''''' </i> , <i> '''''yādha‛''''' </i> , <i> '''''nākhar''''' </i> , <i> '''''rā'āh''''' </i> and <i> '''''shāma‛''''' </i> ̌ . It may simply mean "observe" ( <i> '''''bı̄n''''' </i> ), "I discerned among the youths" ( Proverbs 7:7 ); or discriminating knowlege, "A wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment" ( Ecclesiastes 8:5 , <i> '''''yādha‛''''' </i> ); "He discerned him not, because his hands," etc. ( [[Genesis]] 27:23 , <i> '''''nākhar''''' </i> ); "Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked" ( Malachi 3:18 , <i> '''''rā'āh''''' </i> ); "So is my lord the king to discern good," etc. ( 2 Samuel 14:17 , <i> '''''shāma‛''''' </i> ). In the New [[Testament]] the words <i> '''''anakrı́nō''''' </i> , <i> '''''diakrı́nō''''' </i> and <i> '''''dokimázō''''' </i> are thus translated, expressing close and distinct acquaintance with or a critical knowledge of things. Used in 1 Corinthians 2:14 the King James Version of "the things of the spirit of God"; in 1 Corinthians 11:29 of "the (Lord's) body" in the sacrament; in Matthew 16:3 of "the face of the heaven"; in Hebrews 5:14 of a clear knowledge of good and evil as the prerogative of a full-grown man. See also next article. </p> | ||
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di -zûrn ´: Five Hebrew words are Thus translated: bı̄n , yādha‛ , nākhar , rā'āh and shāma‛ ̌ . It may simply mean "observe" ( bı̄n ), "I discerned among the youths" ( Proverbs 7:7 ); or discriminating knowlege, "A wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment" ( Ecclesiastes 8:5 , yādha‛ ); "He discerned him not, because his hands," etc. ( Genesis 27:23 , nākhar ); "Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked" ( Malachi 3:18 , rā'āh ); "So is my lord the king to discern good," etc. ( 2 Samuel 14:17 , shāma‛ ). In the New Testament the words anakrı́nō , diakrı́nō and dokimázō are thus translated, expressing close and distinct acquaintance with or a critical knowledge of things. Used in 1 Corinthians 2:14 the King James Version of "the things of the spirit of God"; in 1 Corinthians 11:29 of "the (Lord's) body" in the sacrament; in Matthew 16:3 of "the face of the heaven"; in Hebrews 5:14 of a clear knowledge of good and evil as the prerogative of a full-grown man. See also next article.
