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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 - “Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:27 - And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:19 - Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over 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 - He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:6 - And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as 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. “After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law—settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: “I know that for a number of years you have been a judge over this nation; so I gladly make my defense.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:8 - Now there is in store 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 longed for his appearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23 - to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, 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 discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:11 - Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[fn] or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
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