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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 thy adversary quickly, while 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:27 - And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your children expel them? therefore they shall be your judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - When thou goest with thy adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he draw thee before the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - Saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, neither regarded man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:6

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

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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 the Judge of the living and the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:20 - And after that he gave to them judges, about the space of 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 of your law, look ye to it: for I will be no 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 beckoned to him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been for many years a judge to 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 - Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love 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 first-born, who are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:4 - Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:11 - Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
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