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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 17 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25 - “Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - “When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:6 - Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said.

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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 it is He who was ordained 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 - “After that He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - “But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: “Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:8 - Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23 - to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:4 - have you not shown partiality 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 of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of 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 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned.[fn] Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!
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