Strong G2923κριτής

judge

Transliteration
kritēs
Pronunciation
kree-tace'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G2919; a judge (generally or specifically): - judge.

Detailed definition

κριτής, -οῦ, ὁ
(κρίνω), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁפַט;]
a judge: Mat.5:25, Luk.12:14, 58 18:2; τ. ἀδικίας, Luk.18:6; with gem of thing(s) (obj.), Act.18:15, Jas.4:11; (qual.), διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν, Jas.2:4; of a Roman procurator, Act.24:10; of God, Heb.12:23, Jas.4:12; Christ, Act.10:42, 2Ti.4:8, Jas.5:9; of those whose conduct is made a standard for judging, Mat.12:27, Luk.11:19; in the OT sense (Jdg.2:16, Rut.1:1, al), of a ruler in Israel, Act.13:20.†
SYN.: δικάστης, q.v (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2923 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • judge15

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:25
    Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
  2. Matthew 12:27
    And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
  3. Luke 11:19
    And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
  4. Luke 12:58
    When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
  5. Luke 18:2
    Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
  6. Luke 18:6
    And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
  7. Acts 10:42
    And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
  8. Acts 13:20
    And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
  9. Acts 18:15
    But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
  10. Acts 24:10
    Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
  11. 2 Timothy 4:8
    Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
  12. Hebrews 12:23
    To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  13. James 2:4
    Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
  14. James 4:11
    Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
  15. James 5:9
    Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
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κρῐτ-ής, οῦ, ὁ,
vocative [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κριτή 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 118)]: (κρίνω):—judge, umpire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp.” 397, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.160, etc.; ἐν πέντε κριτῶν γούνασι κεῖται 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 229)]; κ. τῶν ἀληθῶν, opposed to δοξαστής, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.94; κριταὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου, opposed to ἀγωνισταί, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.37; τῶν.. λεγομένων μὴ κακοὺς κ. [prev\. author] 1.120; κ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phlb.” 65a)]; at Athens, usually of the judges in the poetic contests, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ach.” 1224, “Nu.” 1115, “Av.” 445, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.21; rarely, ={δικαστής}, 4th c.BC: Demades Orator 3: so _metaphorically_ in 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.232; πάντα τὰ στοιχεῖα κριτὴν εἴληφε, i. e. each element has found favour with some philosopher, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de An.” 405b8, compare “Pol.” 1337a42; of the “Judges” of Israel, LXX.Judg.2.16, +others; κ. δοθείς, =)] Latin judex datus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 1195.1 (2nd c.AD); ἐπίλεκτος κ., =)] judex selectus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 567.10 (Attalia, 2nd c.AD).)]
2 κ. ἐνυπνίων interpreter of dreams, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pers.” 226.)]
II κριτάς· ὀδόντας, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; compare κραντήρ.)]