Diaginosko means “know the uttermost” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1231 — buqqi (“Bukki”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1231 διαγινώσκω (diaginosko) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. diaginosko (dee-ag-in-o'-sko) v. 1. to know thoroughly, i.e. ascertain exactly [from G1223 and G1097] It has 11 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include would and know. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
diaginosko (dee-ag-in-o'-sko) v. 1. to know thoroughly, i.e. ascertain exactly [from G1223 and G1097] KJV: (would) enquire, know the uttermost Root(s): G1223, G1097
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1231. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to decide
Usage: δια-γινώσκω (see previous word), [in LXX chiefly for ידע, and cf. 2Ma.9:15 ;] __1. to distinguish, ascertain exactly: Act.23:15 __2. As Athen. law-term, to determine: τὰ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς, your case, Act.24:22 (Cremer, 673).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render diaginosko, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1231 (διαγινώσκω) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
and it shall come to pass that as I had determined to do to them, so I will do to you.
For the Lord our God has blessed thee in every work of thy hands. Consider how thou wentest through that great and terrible wilderness: behold, the Lord thy God has been with thee forty years; thou didst not lack anything.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thy heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
for their victuals fail them, and all their water is scant, and they have determined to lay hands upon their cattle, and purposed to consume all those things, that God hath forbidden them to eat by his laws:
Nevertheless Heliodorus executed that which was decreed.
and as touching the Jews, whom he had judged not worthy so much as to be buried, but to be cast out with their children to be devoured of the fowls and wild beasts, he would make them all equals to the citizens of Athens:
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1231.
and it shall come to pass that as I had determined to do to them, so I will do to you.
For the Lord our God has blessed thee in every work of thy hands. Consider how thou wentest through that great and terrible wilderness: behold, the Lord thy God has been with thee forty years; thou didst not lack anything.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thy heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.
There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: But in the heart of fools it is not discerned.
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
for their victuals fail them, and all their water is scant, and they have determined to lay hands upon their cattle, and purposed to consume all those things, that God hath forbidden them to eat by his laws:
Nevertheless Heliodorus executed that which was decreed.
and as touching the Jews, whom he had judged not worthy so much as to be buried, but to be cast out with their children to be devoured of the fowls and wild beasts, he would make them all equals to the citizens of Athens:
So Nicanor in exceeding pride and haughtiness determined to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas and them that were with him.
Thus being well comforted by the words of Judas, which were very good, and able to stir them up to valor, and to encourage the hearts of the young men, they determined not to pitch camp, but courageously to set upon them, and manfully to try the matter by conflict, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1231, grouped by book.
Diaginosko (Strong's G1231) is a Greek word most simply glossed "know the uttermost". diaginosko (dee-ag-in-o'-sko) v. 1. to know thoroughly, i.e. ascertain exactly [from G1223 and G1097]
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's G1231 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1231 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as would and know. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1231, with linked reader references where each row is available.