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Strong's #1365 - διστάζω
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- to doubt, waiver
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διστ-άζω,
fut. -άσω Phld. Sign. 1, al.: (δίς): — doubt, hesitate, abs., Pl. Tht. 190a, Ion 534e, etc.; δ. εἰ.. Id. Lg. 897b, BGU 388i17 (ii/iii A. D.); μή.. Pl. Sph. 235a; μή ποτε, c. ind., Phld. Sign. 13, 21; πῶς.. Arist. EN 1112b2; πότερον.. Id. Metaph. 1091a14; περί τι Id. EN 1112b8; περί τινος Plu. 2.62a: — Pass., to be in doubt, D.S. 17.9; τὰ -όμενα OGI 315.66 (Pessinus), Phld. Lib. p.23 O.
διστάζω: 1 aorist ἐδίστασα (δίς); to doubt, waver: Matthew 14:31; Matthew 28:17. (Plato (Sophocles), Aristotle, Plutarch, others.)
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P Par 63ii. 57 (B.C. 165) τὸν πάντων ἐπειρότατον. . . τὰ τῆς χρίας σ [υ ]νπληροῦν, ἐπαν [άγ ]οντα τὸ διστ [α ]ζόμενον ἐπὶ τὸν ἐνκείμενον κανόνα, ";that even the most inexperienced person in the world might be able to accomplish what was required, if he applied the doubtful cases to the rule provided for him"; (Mahaffy), and for the corresponding substantive see ib.iii. 83 παραχρῆμα προσαναφέρειν ὑπὲρ τῶν δοκούντων τινὰ διστασ [μό ]ν, ";to refer to us at once concerning any points which seemed to be open to doubt"; (id. ). P Giss I.18.9 (time of Hadrian) δηλῶ οὖν σοι, ἵνα μὴ διστάζῃς · ἐπο [ρ ]εύθη γὰρ εἰς Ἑρμοῦ πόλιν.
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