δικαστής, -οῦ, ὁ (δικάζω), [in LXX for שָׁפַט ;] a judge: Act.7:27, 35" (LXX) .† SYN.: κριτής, WH. "gives prominence to the mental process" (Thayer). δ. is the forensic term. In Attic law, the δικασταί were jurors, with a κριτής as presiding officer (LS, see word; Enc. Brit. 11, xii, 504 f.) (AS)
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G1348 — δικαστής
dikastēs · magistrate · Greek
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Acts 7:27 · δικαστὴνand he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?Acts 7:35 · δικαστήν;‘This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;