KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of discern, meaning to see or understand the difference; to make distinction.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 27:23
Complete exact-word concordance
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairie, as his brother Esaus hands: So he blessed him.
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
And he hasted, and tooke the ashes away from his face, and the king of Israel discerned him that hee was of the Prophets.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
And behelde among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a yong man void of vnderstanding,
1611 marginal noteHeb. the sonnes.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
But the naturall man receiueth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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