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Lexicon :: Strong's G2923 - kritēs

Aa
κριτής
Transliteration
kritēs (Key)
Pronunciation
kree-tace'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:942,469

Strong’s Definitions

κριτής kritḗs, kree-tace'; from G2919; a judge (genitive case or specially):—judge.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G2923 in the following manner: judge (15x), Judge (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G2923 in the following manner: judge (15x), Judge (2x).

  1. one who passes or arrogates to himself, judgment on anything

    1. an arbiter

    2. of a Roman procurator administering justice

    3. of God passing judgment on men

    4. of the leaders or rulers of the Israelites

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κριτής kritḗs, kree-tace'; from G2919; a judge (genitive case or specially):—judge.
STRONGS G2923:
κριτής, κριτοῦ, ὁ (κρίνω) (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down), the Sept. chiefly for שֹׁפֵט; a judge;
1. universally, one who passes, or arrogates to himself, judgment on anything: with the genitive of the object, James 4:11; with the genitive of quality (see διαλογισμός, 1), James 2:4; in a forensic sense, of the one who tries and decides a case (cf. δικαστής, at the end): Matthew 5:25; Luke 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, Luke 18:6; with the genitive of the object (a thing), an arbiter, Acts 18:15; of a Roman procurator administering justice, Acts 24:10; of God passing judgment on the character and deeds of men, and rewarding accordingly, Hebrews 12:23; James 4:12; also of Christ returning to sit in judgment, Acts 10:42; 2 Timothy 4:8; James 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), Matthew 12:27; Luke 11:19.
2. like the Hebrew שֹׁפֵט, of the leaders or rulers of the Israelites: Acts 13:20 (Judges 2:16, 18; Ruth 1:1; Sir. 10:1f, 24, etc.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
2:16; 2:18
Ruth
1:1
Matthew
5:25; 12:27
Luke
11:19; 12:14; 18:6
Acts
10:42; 13:20; 18:15; 24:10
2 Timothy
4:8
Hebrews
12:23
James
2:4; 4:11; 4:12; 5:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2923 matches the Greek κριτής (kritēs),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25 - “[fn]Come G1510 G2132 to G1510 G2132 good G1510 G2132 terms G1510 G2132 with your accuser G476 quickly G5035, while G2193 you are with him on the way G3598 to court, so G3379 that G3379 your accuser G476 will not G3379 hand G3860 you over G3860 to the judge G2923, and the judge G2923 to the officer G5257, and you will not G3379 be thrown G906 into prison G5438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:27 - “And if G1487 by [fn]Beelzebul G954 I cast G1544 out G1544 the demons G1140, by whom G5101 do your sons G5207 cast G1544 them out G1544? Therefore G1223 G3778, they will be your judges G2923.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:19 - “Yet G1161 if G1487 by Beelzebul G954 I cast G1544 out G1544 the demons G1140, by whom G5101 do your sons G5207 cast G1544 them out G1544? Therefore G1223 G3778, they will be your judges G2923.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:14 - But He said G3004 to him, “[fn]You G444 there G444—who G5101 appointed G2525 Me a judge G2923 or G2228 arbitrator G3312 over G1909 the two of you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - “For when G5613 you are going G5217 with your accuser G476 to appear before G1909 the magistrate G758, on the way G3598, make G1325 an effort G2039 to [fn]settle G525 with him, so G3379 that G3379 he does not drag G2694 you before G4314 the judge G2923, and the judge G2923 hand G3860 you over G3860 to the officer G4233, and the officer G4233 throw G906 you into prison G5438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - saying G3004, “In a certain G5100 city G4172 there G1510 was a judge G2923 who did not fear G5399 God G2316 and did not respect G1788 any person G444.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:6 - And the Lord G2962 said G3004, “Listen G191 to what G5101 the unrighteous G93 judge G2923 *said G3004;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - “And He ordered G3853 us to [fn]preach G2784 to the people G2992, and to testify G1263 solemnly G1263 that this G3778 is the One who has been appointed G3724 by God G2316 as Judge G2923 of the living G2198 and the dead G3498.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:20 - “After G3326 these G3778 things G3778 He gave G1325 them judges G2923 until G2193 Samuel G4545 the prophet G4396.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - but if G1487 there are [fn]questions G2213 about G4012 [fn]teaching G3056 and [fn]persons G3686 and your own law G3551, see G3708 to G3708 it yourselves G846; I am G1014 unwilling G3756 G1014 to be a judge G2923 of these G3778 matters.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 -

And when the governor G2232 had nodded G3506 for him to speak G3004, Paul G3972 responded G611:

“Knowing G1987 that for many G4183 years G2094 you have been G1510 a judge G2923 to this G3778 nation G1484, I cheerfully G6039 make G626 my defense G626,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:8 - in the future G3062 there is reserved G606 for me the crown G4735 of righteousness G1343, which G3739 the Lord G2962, the righteous G1342 Judge G2923, will award G591 to me on that day G2250; and not only G3440 to me, but also G2532 to all G3956 who have loved G25 His appearing G2015.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23 - to the general G3831 assembly G3831 and church G1577 of the firstborn G4416 who are enrolled G583 in heaven G3772, and to God G2316, the Judge G2923 of all G3956, and to the spirits G4151 of the righteous G1342 made G5048 perfect G5048,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:4 - have you not made G1252 distinctions G1252 among G1722 yourselves G1438, and become G1096 judges G2923 with evil G4190 [fn]motives G1261?

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Do not speak G2635 against G2635 one G240 another G240, brothers G80 and sisters. The one who speaks G2635 against G2635 a brother G80 or sister, or G2228 judges G2919 his brother G80 or sister, speaks G2635 against G2635 the law G3551 and judges G2919 the law G3551; but if G1487 you judge G2919 the law G3551, you are not a doer G4163 of the law G3551 but a judge G2923 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:12 - There is only one G1520 Lawgiver G3550 and Judge G2923, the One who is able G1410 to save G4982 and to destroy G622; but who G5101 are you, [fn]judging G2919 your neighbor G4139?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Do not [fn]complain G4727, brothers G80 and sisters, against G2596 one G240 another G240, so G2443 that G2443 you may not be judged G2919; behold G2400, the Judge G2923 is standing G2476 [fn]right G4253 at the [fn]door G2374.
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