KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of discern, meaning to see or understand the difference; to make distinction.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Corinthians 11:29
Complete exact-word concordance
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
For hee that eateth and drinketh vnworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himselfe, not discerning the Lords body.
1611 marginal noteOr, iudgement.
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
To another the working of miracles, to another prophecie, to another discerning of spirits, to another diuers kindes of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Having power to discern; capable of seeing, discriminating, knowing and judging; sharp-sighted; penetrating; acute. Distinguishing; seeing; discovering; knowing; judging.
