Strong G2924κριτικός
discerning
- Transliteration
- kritikos
- Pronunciation
- krit-ee-kos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G2923; decisive (critical) that is discriminative: - discerner.
Detailed definition
κριτικός, -ή, -όν
(κρίνω),
critical, able to discern or judge: with genitive obj., Heb.4:12.†
(AS)
(κρίνω),
critical, able to discern or judge: with genitive obj., Heb.4:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2924 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- discerner1
First verses
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κρῐτ-ῐκός, ή, όν,
able to discern, critical, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (δύναμις σύμφυτος κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 99b35; οὐκ ἔχει ῥῖνα κριτικὴν πρὸς τοὖψον 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 1.4; αἰσθήσεις κ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.8)] K.; τὸ κ. the power of discerning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de An.” 432a16; ἡ κριτική (i.e. τέχνη) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Plt.” 260c, etc.: with _genitive_, ἡ γεῦσις τῶν σχημάτων κριτικωτάτη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 442b17, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Sens.” 43, 1st c.BC(?): Ocellus Lucanus Philosophus 2.7)]; of persons, [[Refs 4th c.BC+ (τὸν ὅλως πεπαιδευμένον] περὶ πάντων ὡς εἰπεῖν κ. τινὰ νομίζομεν εἶναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 639a9)]: especially in language, grammarian, scholar, literary critic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ax.” 366e, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.” 5.24, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.10)], etc.; of Crates, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.490e, who distinguished κ. and γραμματικός, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “M.” 1.79; εἰ δύναταί τις εἶναι κ. καὶ γραμματικός, title of work by Galen (“Libr.Propr.” 17); but τῶν ὕστερον γραμματικῶν κληθέντων πρότερον δὲ κ. Dio Chrysostomus Sophista [{1-2nd c.AD}] 53.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus cited in 2nd-3rd c.AD: Clemens Alexandrinus Theologus “Strom.” 1.16.79; οἱ κ. τῶν λόγων Philostratus Sophista [{2-3rd c.AD}] “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.1.14)]; πρὸς τοὺς κ., title of work by Chrysippus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Stoic.” 2.9; ἡ κ., opposed to ἡ γραμματική, Taurisc. cited in 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “M.” 1.248, cf. Scholia “DT” p)].3 H. adverb -[Refs 5th c.BC+ (κῶς, ἔχειν τινός 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 4 “Praef.”, compare 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus “Praef.” p.7 N., 3rd c.AD: Menander Rhetor p.391 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
2 of or for judging, ἀρχὴ κ. the office of judges, opposed to ἀρχὴ βουλευτική, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1275b19.)]
II ={κρίσιμος},{ἑβδομάς} [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.45 (_superlative_), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.134f, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus)] 9.93, +others adverb -[Refs (κῶς [prev\. author] “UP” 17.2)], +others
able to discern, critical, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (δύναμις σύμφυτος κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 99b35; οὐκ ἔχει ῥῖνα κριτικὴν πρὸς τοὖψον 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 1.4; αἰσθήσεις κ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.8)] K.; τὸ κ. the power of discerning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de An.” 432a16; ἡ κριτική (i.e. τέχνη) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Plt.” 260c, etc.: with _genitive_, ἡ γεῦσις τῶν σχημάτων κριτικωτάτη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 442b17, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Sens.” 43, 1st c.BC(?): Ocellus Lucanus Philosophus 2.7)]; of persons, [[Refs 4th c.BC+ (τὸν ὅλως πεπαιδευμένον] περὶ πάντων ὡς εἰπεῖν κ. τινὰ νομίζομεν εἶναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 639a9)]: especially in language, grammarian, scholar, literary critic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ax.” 366e, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.” 5.24, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.10)], etc.; of Crates, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.490e, who distinguished κ. and γραμματικός, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “M.” 1.79; εἰ δύναταί τις εἶναι κ. καὶ γραμματικός, title of work by Galen (“Libr.Propr.” 17); but τῶν ὕστερον γραμματικῶν κληθέντων πρότερον δὲ κ. Dio Chrysostomus Sophista [{1-2nd c.AD}] 53.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus cited in 2nd-3rd c.AD: Clemens Alexandrinus Theologus “Strom.” 1.16.79; οἱ κ. τῶν λόγων Philostratus Sophista [{2-3rd c.AD}] “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.1.14)]; πρὸς τοὺς κ., title of work by Chrysippus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Stoic.” 2.9; ἡ κ., opposed to ἡ γραμματική, Taurisc. cited in 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “M.” 1.248, cf. Scholia “DT” p)].3 H. adverb -[Refs 5th c.BC+ (κῶς, ἔχειν τινός 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 4 “Praef.”, compare 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus “Praef.” p.7 N., 3rd c.AD: Menander Rhetor p.391 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
2 of or for judging, ἀρχὴ κ. the office of judges, opposed to ἀρχὴ βουλευτική, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1275b19.)]
II ={κρίσιμος},{ἑβδομάς} [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.45 (_superlative_), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.134f, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus)] 9.93, +others adverb -[Refs (κῶς [prev\. author] “UP” 17.2)], +others