διακρίνω

Matthew 16:3 διακρίνειν, to discern,

and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.

Here: To tell one thing from another and weigh evidence. In other forms the verb can mean “to doubt,” but here it is the active sense: sorting out what the signs mean.

Matthew 21:21 διακριθῆτε, shall doubt,

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

Here: Passive/middle form: 'be at odds within yourselves,' 'waver between two positions.' It is the opposite of whole-hearted trust, not the presence of any question in the mind.

Mark 11:23 διακριθῇ may doubt

“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

Here: Literally 'be split apart / be at odds'. Here it describes inner division, a heart pulled two ways about God. It is not merely having a question cross one's mind.

Acts 10:20 διακρινόμενος, doubting,

So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

Acts 11:2 διεκρίνοντο were contending

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

Acts 11:12 διακρίναντα. having discriminated.

The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

Acts 15:9 διέκρινεν He made distinction

He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

Here: 'He drew a dividing line' or 'treated them differently'. It is the same verb the Spirit used when he told Peter to go with Cornelius's men 'making no distinction' (Acts 11:12). Peter is repeating the lesson God taught him.

Romans 4:20 διεκρίθη he did waver

Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

Here: In this passive form it pictures a person split into two minds, or (on another view) entering into dispute. Abraham did not become a divided man over God's promise. See the word study for the debate.

Romans 14:23 διακρινόμενος doubting

But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

Here: The one who is inwardly split, judging the matter both ways, unsure whether eating this food is acceptable to God. The present tense shows an ongoing state of uncertainty, not a passing thought. It carries the 'judge' root (krin-) that runs all through the chapter.

1 Corinthians 4:7 διακρίνει; makes different?

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

Here: 'Who marks you out from the rest?' or 'who rates you above others?' It is present tense. The question is who grants you this standing that sets you apart. The 'doubt' sense in the supplied gloss belongs only to other verb forms (middle and passive) and does not apply here.

1 Corinthians 6:5 διακρῖναι to decide

I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?

Here: To sort out and settle a dispute between two parties: arbitration, not a formal court verdict. It plays on the 'judge' words in vv. 1–6 (krinō, kritērion).

1 Corinthians 11:29 διακρίνων discerning

For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

Here: To tell something apart and weigh it correctly. Here it means failing to recognize what is distinctive about "the body" and failing to treat it that way. The word belongs to the same family as krima (judgment), which sets up Paul's wordplay in verses 29–32.

1 Corinthians 11:31 διεκρίνομεν, we were judging,

Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.

Here: 'We were discerning / assessing correctly.' It is the same verb as v. 29, where the person who eats 'without discerning the body' brings judgment on himself. Paul's point: if we weighed ourselves the way we should have weighed the body, we would escape judgment. The past continuous form describes ongoing practice that should be happening and is not.

1 Corinthians 14:29 διακρινέτωσαν· should discern;

Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

James 1:6 διακρινόμενος· διακρινόμενος doubting;, doubting

But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

Here: In this form the verb means being at odds with yourself: pulled two ways, uncommitted. Verse 8 explains it with "double-minded". It is a split stance more than a head full of questions.

James 2:4 διεκρίθητε were discriminated

have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

Here: An aorist (simple past) passive form. It can mean 'you made distinctions', meaning they sorted people into honored and dishonored. It can also mean 'you were divided, you wavered', which is the sense James gave the same verb in 1:6. Both senses probably sound here: by splitting the assembly they have shown they are split inside.

Jude 1:9 διακρινόμενος disputing

But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

Here: 'Contending, taking issue with': a contest between two parties, here close to a legal dispute over who has a rightful claim. The source data's gloss 'doubt' is another sense of the verb (as in verse 22) and does not apply here.

Jude 1:22 διακρινομένους, are doubting,

And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;

Here: A present participle describing people in the middle of something ongoing. It means either those who are wavering, torn between the apostolic teaching and the intruders, or those who are arguing and disputing (the sense the same verb has in v. 9, where Michael 'disputed' with the devil). In both cases they are people who have been unsettled, not yet people who have gone over completely.