Strong's Lexicon
G2923 — κριτής
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2923 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κριτής |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2919 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 19 |
| Transliteration: | krites |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kree-tace' |
| Meaning: | 1. a judge (genitive case or specially) |
| KJV Renderings: | judge |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κριτής, κριτοῦ, ὁ (κρίνω) (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down), the Sept. chiefly for ùÉÑôÅè; a judge;
1. universally, one who passes, or arrogates to himself, judgment on anything: with the genitive of the object, Jas 4:11; with the genitive of quality (see διαλογισμός, 1), Jas 2:4; in a forensic sense, of the one who tries and decides a case (cf. δικαστής, at the end): Mat 5:25; Luk 12:14 L T Tr WH, 58; (xviii. 2); with the genitive of quality (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 10; Winer’s Grammar, § 34, 3b.), τῆς ἀδικίας, Luk 18:6; with the genitive of the object (a thing), an arbiter, Act 18:15; of a Roman procurator administering justice, Act 24:10; of God passing judgment on the character and deeds of men, and rewarding accordingly, Heb 12:23; Jas 4:12; also of Christ returning to sit in judgment, Act 10:42; 2Ti 4:8; Jas 5:9; in a peculiar sense, of a person whose conduct is made the standard for judging another and convicting him of wrong: with the genitive of the object (a person), Mat 12:27; Luk 11:19.
2. like the Hebrew ùÉÑôÅè, of the leaders or rulers of the Israelites: Act 13:20 (Jdg 2:16; Jdg 2:18; Rth 1:1; Sir. 10:1f, 24, etc.).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κριτής (judge)
Matthew 5:25
- KJV: 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
- GK: ίσθι ευνοών τω αντιδίκω σου ταχύ έως ότου ει εν τη οδώ μετ΄ αυτού μήποτέ σε παραδώ ο αντίδικος τω κριτή και ο κριτής σε παραδώ τω υπηρέτη και εις φυλακήν βληθήση
Matthew 12:27
- KJV: And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your children cast out therefore they shall be your judges
- GK: και ει εγώ εν Βεελζεβούλ εκβάλλω τα δαιμόνια οι υιοί υμών εν τίνι εκβάλλουσι διά τούτο αυτοί υμών έσονται κριταί
Luke 11:19
- KJV: And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your sons cast them out therefore shall they be your judges
- GK: ει δε εγώ εν Βεελζεβούλ εκβάλλω τα δαιμόνια οι υιοί υμών εν τίνι εκβάλλουσι διά τούτο κριταί υμών αυτοί έσονται
Luke 12:58
- KJV: When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate 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
- GK: ως γαρ υπάγεις μετά του αντιδίκου σου επ΄ άρχοντα εν τη οδώ δος εργασίαν απηλλάχθαι απ΄ αυτού μήποτε κατασύρη σε προς τον κριτήν και ο κριτής σε παραδώ τω πράκτορι και ο πράκτωρ σε βάλλη εις φυλακήν
Luke 18:2
- KJV: Saying There was in a city a judge which feared not God neither regarded man
- GK: λέγων κριτής τις ην εν τινι πόλει τον θεόν μη φοβούμενος και άνθρωπον μη εντρεπόμενος
Luke 18:6
- KJV: And the Lord said Hear what the unjust judge saith
- GK: είπε δε ο κύριος ακούσατε τι ο κριτής της αδικίας λέγει
Acts 10:42
- KJV: And he commanded us to preach unto the people and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God the Judge of quick and dead
- GK: και παρήγγειλεν ημίν κηρύξαι τω λαώ και διαμαρτύρασθαι ότι αυτός εστιν ο ωρισμένος υπό του θεού κριτής ζώντων και νεκρών
Acts 13:20
- KJV: And after that he gave judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years until Samuel the prophet
- GK: και μετά ταύτα ως έτεσι τετρακοσίοις και πεντήκοντα έδωκε κριτάς έως Σαμουήλ του προφήτου
Acts 18:15
- KJV: But if it be a question of words and names and your law look ye for I will be no judge of such
- GK: ει δε ζήτημά εστι περί λόγου και ονομάτων και νόμου του καθ΄ υμάς όψεσθε αυτοί κριτής γαρ εγώ τούτων ου βούλομαι είναι
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