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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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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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25 - Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:27 - And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:19 - And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:14 - But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:6 - And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:20 - And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:8 - From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23 - To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:4 - Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:11 - Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:12 - There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
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