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the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34

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Strong's #2922 - κριτήριον

Transliteration

kritḗrion

Phonetics

kree-tay'-ree-on

Origin

from a presumed derivative of (G2923)

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

3:943,469

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

the instrument or means of trying or judging anything
1. the rule by which one judges
the place where judgment is given
1. the tribunal of a judge
2. a bench of judges
the matter judged, thing to be decided, suit, case

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1779 ‑ דּוּן (deen, doon); 4941 ‑ מִשְׁפָּט (mish‑pawt');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

1 Corinthians 2

James 1

BSB (3)

1 Corinthians 2

James 1

CSB (3)

1 Corinthians 2

James 1

ESV (2)

1 Corinthians 2

James 1

KJV (3)

1 Corinthians 2

James 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

1 Corinthians 4

James 1

N95 (5)

1 Corinthians 4

James 1

NAS (5)

1 Corinthians 4

James 1

NLT (3)

1 Corinthians 3

James 1

WEB (3)

1 Corinthians 2

James 1

YLT (3)

1 Corinthians 2

James 1

ASV (3)

the judgment-seats 1

to judge 2

BSB (3)

cases 1

court 1

to settle 1

CSB (3)

cases 1

judge 1

the courts 1

ESV (2)

court 1

try 1

KJV (3)

judge 1

judgments 1

seats 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

court 1

courts 2

law 2

N95 (5)

court 1

courts 2

law 2

NAS (5)

court 1

courts 2

law 2

NLT (3)

court 1

decide 1

disputes 1

WEB (3)

the courts 1

to judge 2

YLT (3)

judgment 1

judgment-seats 1

judgments 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

ANT

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

BEZ

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

BGB

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

BMT

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

BYZ

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

ELZ

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

NA26

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

SBL

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

SCV

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

STV

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

TIS

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

TRG

N-APN 2

N-GPN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κρῐτ-ήριον, τό,

1. means for judging or trying, standard, freq. of the mental faculties and senses, ἔχων αὐτῶν τὸ κ. ἐν αὑτῷ Pl. Tht. 178b, cf. R. 582a, Plu. 2.448b, etc.; τὸ αἰσθητήριον καὶ κ. τῶν.. χυμῶν Arist. Metaph. 1068a3, cf. Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.5U. (pl.), Sent. 24, al.; περὶ κριτηρίου, title of works by Epicurus (D.L. 10.27), Posidonius (Diocl. ap. D.L. 7.54), and Ptolemy: generally, χρόνον εἶναι μέτρον καὶ κ. τάχους measure, test, Zeno Stoic. 1.26, etc.

2. court of judgement, tribunal, Pl. Lg. 767b; καθίζειν κ. Plb. 9.33.12, cf. PHib. 1.29 (a) (iii B. C.), 1 Corinthians 6:2, IG 14.951.20, Paus. 2.20.7, POxy. 2134.6 (ii A. D.), etc. decision of a tribunal, judgement, SIG 826 K 9 (Delph., ii B. C.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κριτήριον, κριτηρίου, τό (from κριτηρ, equivalent to κριτής);

1. properly, the instrument or means of trying or judging anything; the rule by which one judges (Plato, Plutarch, others).

2. the place where judgment is given; the tribunal of a judge; a bench of judges: plural, 1 Corinthians 6:2; James 2:6 (the Sept.; Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others).

3. in an exceptional usage, the matter judged, thing to be decided, suit, case: plural 1 Corinthians 6:4 (this sense is denied by many; cf. e. g. Meyer on 1 Corinthians 6:2).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κριτήριον , -ου , τό

(< κριτής ),

[in LXX: 1 Kings 7:7 (H4941), Da LXX TH Daniel 7:10; Daniel 7:26, (H1779), Su 1:49, Exodus 21:6, Judges 5:10*;]

1. a means of judging, test, criterion.

2. a tribunal: 1 Corinthians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 6:4, James 2:6.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κριτήριον in the sense of ";tribunal,"; ";court of justice,"; as in 1 Corinthians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 6:4 (RV marg.), James 2:6 (cf. Judges 5:10 al.), is frequent in the papyri, e.g. P Hib I. 29 Fr. (a) recto.5 (c. B.C. 265) (= Chrest. I. p. 306) ἐὰν δὲ ἀν ]τιλ ̣ε ̣γ ̣ηι, κριθήτωσα [ν ἐ ]π ̣[ὶ ] τοῦ ἀ [ποδε ]δειγμένου κ ̣[ρι ]τ ̣η ̣ρ ̣ι ̣ου, ";if he dispute the decision, they shall be tried before the appointed tribunal"; (Edd.), P Grenf I. 15.7 (B.C. 146 or 135) ὅπ ]ως μὴ περισπώμεθα ἐπὶ τὰ [.........]τα κριτήρια, BGU IV. 1054.1.(time of Augustus) Π ]ρωτάρχωι τῶι ἐπὶ τοῦ κριτηρίου παρὰ Ἀπολλωνίου, P Oxy X. 1270.16 (A.D. 159) πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τ [ῶν χρηματιστῶν ] καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κριτηρί [ων, and similarly P Tebt II. 319.2 (A.D. 248). See also s.vv. ἀγοραῖος and ἑλκύω, and cf. Archiv iv. p. 8 f., v. pp. 40, 59 f. In Syll 371.9 (time of Nero) ἀνὴ [ρ ] δεδοκιμασμένος τοῖς θείοις κριτηρίοις τῶν Σεβαστῶν ἐπί τε τῇ τέχνῃ τῆς ἰατρικῆς, the word has its original sense of ";standard,"; ";test.";

List of Word Forms

κριτηρια κριτήρια κριτήριον κριτηρίου κριτηριων κριτηρίων kriteria kritēria kritḗria kriterion kriteríon kritēriōn kritēríōn