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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