κριτής, -οῦ, ὁ (κρίνω), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁפַט ;] a judge: Mat.5:25, Luk.12:14, 58 18:2; τ. ἀδικίας, Luk.18:6; with gem of thing(s) (obj.), Act.18:15, Jas.4:11; (qual.), διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν, Jas.2:4; of a Roman procurator, Act.24:10; of God, Heb.12:23, Jas.4:12; Christ, Act.10:42, 2Ti.4:8, Jas.5:9; of those whose conduct is made a standard for judging, Mat.12:27, Luk.11:19; in the OT sense (Jdg.2:16, Rut.1:1, al), of a ruler in Israel, Act.13:20.† SYN.: δικάστης, q.v (AS)
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G2923 — κριτής
kritēs · judge · Greek
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Matthew 5:25 · κριτῇ, · κριτὴς‘Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,Matthew 12:27 · κριταὶ‘And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your sons—by whom do they cast out? because of this they—they shall be your judges.Luke 11:19 · κριταὶ‘But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons—your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;Luke 12:14 · κριτὴνAnd he said to him, ‘Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?’Luke 12:58 · κριτήν, · κριτήςfor, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;Luke 18:2 · κριτήςsaying, ‘A certain judge was in a certain city—God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding—Luke 18:6 · κριτὴςAnd the Lord said, ‘Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:Acts 10:42 · κριτὴςand he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify fully that it is he who hath been ordained by God judge of living and dead—Acts 13:20 · κριτὰς‘And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges—till Samuel the prophet;Acts 18:15 · κριτὴςbut if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves to it, for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,’Acts 24:10 · κριτὴνAnd Paul answered—the governor having beckoned to him to speak—‘Knowing that for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;2 Timothy 4:8 · κριτής·henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord—the Righteous Judge—shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.Hebrews 12:23 · κριτῇto the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,James 2:4 · κριταὶye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.James 4:11 · κριτής.Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;James 4:12 · κριτὴςone is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou—who art thou that dost judge the other?James 5:9 · κριτὴςmurmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.