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Lexicon :: Strong's G2923 - kritēs

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κριτής
Transliteration
kritēs (Key)
Pronunciation
kree-tace'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 Box Mat 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25 - Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:27 - And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:19 - And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:14 - But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:6 - And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:20 - All this took about 450 years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied: “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:8 - Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23 - and to the assembly[fn] of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:4 - have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:11 - Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.[fn] The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:12 - There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
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