Question: What is discernment? 1. anakrino: to distinguish, or separate out so as to investigate (krino) by looking throughout (ana, intensive) objects or particulars, hence signifies to examine, scrutinize, question, to hold a preliminary judicial examination preceding the trial proper (this first examination, implying more to follow, is often present in the non-legal uses of the word), e.g., Lk. 23:14 Figuratively in 1 Cor. 4:3 Used of searching the Scriptures Acts 17:11 1 Cor. 2:14 1 Cor. 10:27-asking no question Except in Lk.23:14, this word is found only in Acts and 1 Cor. See Examine, Judge. 2. diakrino signifies to separate, discriminate; then to learn by discriminating, to determine, decide Mt. 16:3 the sky 1 Cor. 11:29 Lord's Supper 1 Cor. 14:29 Noun: diakrisis 1 Cor. 12:10 of discerning spirits Heb. 5:14 Rom. 14:1: not for decisions of doubts, i.e., not to act as a judge of the weak brother's scruples.