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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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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 51 times in 49 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one citizen and another or a citizen and a resident foreigner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9 - You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the verdict - that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - then both parties to the controversy must stand before the LORD, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18 - The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:2 - Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10 - You are standing today, all of you, before the LORD your God - the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, every Israelite man,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:16 - The LORD raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the LORD's commands, but they did not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - When the LORD raised up leaders for them, the LORD was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The LORD felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11 - and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - Absalom would then say, "If only they would make me a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:22 - He issued this edict because a Passover like this had not been observed since the days of the judges; it was neglected for the entire period of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. "'"I declare to you that the LORD will build a dynastic house for you!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - David said, "Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the LORD's temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - David assembled in Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:6 - He told the judges, "Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:25 - "Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint judges and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let our leaders take steps on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:24 - If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he, then who is it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:17 - He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:8 - Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:11 - God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:6 - The heavens declare his fairness, for God is judge. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:7 - For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:11 - you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called, 'The Just City, Faithful Town.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18 - For this reason the LORD is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the LORD is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:22 - For the LORD, our ruler, the LORD, our commander, the LORD, our king - he will deliver us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - I will tell of the faithful acts of the LORD, of the LORD's praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the LORD did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:12 - He has carried out his threats against us and our rulers who were over us by bringing great calamity on us - what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 - All of them are blazing like an oven; they devour their rulers. All of their kings fall - and none of them call on me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:3 - I will remove Moab's leader; I will kill all Moab's officials with him." The LORD has spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3 - They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:3 - Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
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