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κρίνω

krinōto judgeHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb114 occurrences15 books98 verses

Definition

κρίνω,

[in LXX chiefly for שׁפט, also for ריב ,דּין, etc. ;]

1. to separate, select, choose (cl.; in LXX: 2Ma.13.15).

2. to approve, esteem: Romans 14:5.

3. to be of opinion, judge, think: Luke 7:43, 1 Corinthians 11:13; before τοῦτο ὅτι, 2 Corinthians 5:14; with accusative and inf., Acts 16:15; with accusative and pred., Acts 13:46; 26:8.

4. to decide, determine, decree: with accusative, Acts 16:4, Romans 14:13, 1 Corinthians 7:37, 2 Corinthians 2:1; with inf. (Field, Notes, 167), Acts 20:16; 25:25, 1 Corinthians 2:2; 5:3, Titus 3:12 (cf. 1Ma.11.33, Wis.8.9, al.); with accusative and inf., Acts 21:25; 27:1.

5. to judge, adjudge, pronounce judgment: absol., John 8:16, 26; before κατά, with accusative, John 7:24; 8:15; κρίσιν κ., John 7:24; τ. δίκαιον, Luke 12:57 (Deiss., LAE, 118); in forensic sense, John 18:31, Acts 23:3, al.; pass., Romans 3:4 (LXX); of God's judgment, John 5:30; 8:50, Romans 2:16; 3:6, 2 Timothy 4:1, 1 Peter 4:5, al.

6. = κατακρίνω, to condemn (cl.): Acts 13:27; of God's judgment, John 3:18; 5:22; 12:47, 48, Acts 7:7, Romans 2:12, 1 Corinthians 11:32, Hebrews 10:30" (LXX), James 5:9, Revelation 19:2, al.

7. As in LXX (for שׁפט), to rule, govern ( 4Ki.15.5, Psalm 2:10, al.): Matthew 19:28, Luke 22:30, 1 Corinthians 6:3.

8. to bring to trial (cl.); mid., to go to law: with dative of person(s), Matthew 5:40; before μετά, with genitive of person(s) (of the opponent), ἐπί, with genitive (of the judge), 1 Corinthians 6:1, 6 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἀντ-απο- (-μαι), δια-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα-, συν-, ὑπο- (-μαι), συν-υπο- (-μαι)).

Synonyms: see: δικάστης.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as κρίνω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

114 total
  1. Matthew 5:40κριθῆναι · to sue
    …if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
  2. Matthew 7:1κρίνετε · judge; κριθῆτε · you will be judged
    “Do not judge, or you will be judged.
  3. Matthew 7:2κρίνετε · you pronounce; κριθήσεσθε · you will be judged
    For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
  4. Matthew 19:28κρίνοντες · judging
    Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  5. Luke 6:37κρίνετε · judge; κριθῆτε · you will not be judged
    Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
  6. Luke 7:43ἔκρινας · You have judged
    “I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
  7. Luke 12:57κρίνετε · you judge
    And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
  8. Luke 19:22κρίνω · I will judge
    His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
  9. Luke 22:30κρίνοντες · judging
    …so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  10. John 3:17κρίνῃ · condemn
    For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
  11. John 3:18κρίνεται · is not condemned; κέκριται · has already been condemned
    Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
  12. John 5:22κρίνει · judges
    Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
  13. John 5:30κρίνω · I judge
    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
  14. John 7:24κρίνετε · judging; κρίνετε · judging
    Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
  15. John 7:51κρίνει · convict
    “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
  16. John 8:15κρίνετε · judge; κρίνω · judge
    You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
  17. John 8:16κρίνω · do judge
    But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
  18. John 8:26κρίνειν · to judge
    “I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
  19. John 8:50κρίνων · He is the Judge
    I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
  20. John 12:47κρίνω · judge; κρίνω · judge
    As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
  21. John 12:48κρίνοντα · a judge; κρινεῖ · will judge
    There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
  22. John 16:11κέκριται · has been condemned
    …and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
  23. John 18:31κρίνατε · judge
    “You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.
  24. Acts 3:13κρίναντος · had decided
    The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
  25. Acts 4:19κρίνατε · Judge for yourselves
    But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
  26. Acts 7:7κρινῶ · will punish
    ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’
  27. Acts 13:27κρίναντες · in condemning [Him]
    The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
  28. Acts 13:46κρίνετε · do not consider
    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  29. Acts 15:19κρίνω · judgment
    It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
  30. Acts 16:4κεκριμένα · handed down
    As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
  31. Acts 16:15κεκρίκατέ · you consider
    And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
  32. Acts 17:31κρίνειν · judge
    For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
  33. Acts 20:16Κεκρίκει · had decided
    Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
  34. Acts 21:25κρίναντες · our decision
    As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
  35. Acts 23:3κρίνων · to judge
    Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
  36. Acts 23:6κρίνομαι · am on trial
    Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
  37. Acts 24:21κρίνομαι · am on trial
    …unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”
  38. Acts 25:9κριθῆναι · to stand trial
    But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
  39. Acts 25:10κρίνεσθαι · to be tried
    Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
  40. Acts 25:20κρίνεσθαι · be tried {there}
    Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
  41. Acts 25:25ἔκρινα · I decided
    But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
  42. Acts 26:6κρινόμενος · on trial
    And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,