Word Study · Strong's G2923 · Greek
κριτής
krites
kree-tace'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kritḗs
“a judge (genitive case or specially)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a judge (genitive case or specially)
Rendered in the KJV as
judge.
- 19occurrencesin the New Testament
- 6 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 19 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- κριτὴς6
- κριταὶ3
- κριτὴν2
- κριτής2
- κριτὰς1
- κριτῇ1
- κριτῇ,1
- κριτήν,1
- κριτής.1
- κριτής·1
How it is rendered · 10
- judge4
- judges4
- a judge2
- Judge2
- judge,2
- [as] judge1
- A judge1
- a judge.1
- judge;1
- to [the] judge1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular10
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM · 10
- N-ASM · 3
- N-NPM · 3
- N-DSM · 2
- N-APM · 1
All 19, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew3 occurrences
- Matthew 5:25κριτῇ,kritēanoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularReconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.here: judge,
- Matthew 5:25κριτὴςkritēsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularReconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.here: judge
- Matthew 12:27κριταὶkritainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralAnd if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.here: judges
Luke6 occurrences
- Luke 11:19κριταὶkritainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralAnd if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.here: judges
- Luke 12:14κριτὴνkritēnnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularBut Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”here: a judge
- Luke 12:58κριτήν,kritēnnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularMake every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.here: judge,
- Luke 12:58κριτήςkritēsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularMake every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.here: judge
- Luke 18:2κριτήςkritēsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.here: A judge
- Luke 18:6κριτὴςkritēsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAnd the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.here: judge
Acts4 occurrences
- Acts 10:42κριτὴςkritēsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAnd He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.here: [as] judge
- Acts 13:20κριτὰςkritasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAll this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.here: judges
- Acts 18:15κριτὴςkritēsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”here: a judge
- Acts 24:10κριτὴνkritēnnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularWhen the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.here: judge
James4 occurrences
- James 2:4κριταὶkritainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralhave you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?here: judges
- James 4:11κριτής.kritēsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBrothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.here: a judge.
- James 4:12κριτὴςkritēsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThere is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?here: Judge
- James 5:9κριτὴςkritēsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularDo not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!here: Judge