Dictionaries :: Decide, Decision

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Decide, Decision:

primarily signifies "to make a distinction," hence, "to decide, especially judicially, to decide a dispute, to give judgment," 1Cr 6:5, AV, "judge;" RV, "decide," where church members are warned against procuring decisions by litigation in the world's law courts.
See CONTEND.

Decide, Decision:

transliterated in English, primarily denotes "a discrimination" (dia, "apart," ginosko, "to know"), hence, "a judicial decision," which is its meaning in Act 25:21, RV, "for the decision of the Emperor" (AV, "hearing").

Note: Cp. diaginosko, "to distinguish," Act 23:15, "to judge" (AV, "enquire"), or "determine," Act 24:22, RV (AV, "know the uttermost of").

Decide, Decision:

"a distinguishing," and so "a decision" (see A), signifies "discerning" in 1Cr 12:10; Hbr 5:14, lit., "unto a discerning of good and evil" (translated "to discern"); in Rom 14:1, "not to (doubtful) disputations" is more literally rendered in the margin "not for decisions (of doubts)."
See DISCERN. Cp. JUDGE. In the Sept., Job 37:16.