Greek noun (neuter) · G1378
δόγμα
dogmadog'-mah
an opinion; A public decree, ordinance
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: dógma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1378is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1378
a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)
The King James renders it: decree, ordinance.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
dogma is rendered "an opinion; A public decree, ordinance". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "an opinion".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 2:1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
Luke 2:1δόγμα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: an opinion, and A public decree, ordinance.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| an opinion | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 2:1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the… |
| A public decree, ordinanceof Roman rulers, Luk.2:1, Act.17:7; of the Jewish law, Eph.2:15, Col.2:14; of the Apostles, Act.16:4 (Cremer, 205).† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 2:1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| δογματίζω | dogmatizo | to decree | Uses1 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- δόγμασιν2
- δόγμα1
- δόγματα1
- δογμάτων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural2N-DPN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1N-GPN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
Luke
one use
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
- δόγμαdogmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a decree
Acts
two uses
As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
- δόγματαdogmatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: decrees
and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
- δογμάτωνdogmatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: decrees
Ephesians
one use
by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
- δόγμασινdogmasinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: ordinances
Colossians
one use
having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
- δόγμασινdogmasinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: decrees
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.