STRONGS G1378:
δόγμα,
-τος,
τό, (from
δοκέω, and equivalent to
τὸ δεδογμένον),
an opinion, a judgment (Plato, others),
doctrine, decree, ordinance;
1. of public
decrees (as
τῆς πόλεως, Plato, legg. 1, p. 644 d.; of the Roman Senate, [Polybius 6, 13, 2]; Herodian, 7, 10, 8 [5, Bekker edition]): of rulers,
Luke 2:1;
Acts 17:7;
Hebrews 11:23 Lachmann, (Theodotion in
Daniel 2:13;
Daniel 3:10;
Daniel 4:3;
Daniel 6:13, etc. — where the
Sept. uses other words).
2. of the rules and requirements of the law of Moses, 3 Macc. 1:3;
διατήρησις τῶν ἁγίων δογμάτων, Philo, alleg. legg. i., § 16; carrying a suggestion of severity, and of threatened punishment,
τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασι, the law containing precepts in the form of decrees
[A. V. the law of commandments contained
in ordinances],
Ephesians 2:15;
τὸ καθ’ ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον τοῖς δόγμασι equivalent to
τὸ τοῖς δόγμασι (dative of instrument) by
ὃν καθ’ ἡμῶν, the bond against us by its decrees,
Colossians 2:14; cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 10 Note 1 [Buttmann, 92 (80); on both passages see Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited].
3. of certain decrees of the apostles relative to right living:
Acts 16:4. (Of all the precepts of the Christian religion:
βεβαιωθῆναι ἐν τοῖς δόγμασιν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων, Ignatius ad Magnes. 13, 1; of the precepts ('sentences' or tenets) of philosophers, in the later secular writings: Cicero, acad. 2, 9, 27
de suis decretis, quae philosophi vocant dogmata.) [On the use of the word in general, see Bp. Lightfoot as above; (cf. 'Teaching' etc. 11, 3).]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Daniel
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2:13; 3:10; 4:3; 6:13
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Luke
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2:1
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Acts
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16:4; 17:7
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Ephesians
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2:15
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Colossians
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2:14
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Hebrews
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11:23