Magistrate
δικαστήςStrong’s G1348dikastēs
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dikastēs is the Greek word usually translated “judge”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?”
Meaning
Usually translated “judge”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- judge 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
1 book in all.
Greek dictionary
δικαστής dikastēs · magistrate
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “magistrate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MAG'ISTRATE, noun
[Latin magistratus, from magister, master; magis, major, and ster, Teutonic steora, a director; steoran, to steer; the principal director.]
A public civil officer, invested with the executive government of some branch of it. In this sense, a king is the highest or first magistrate as is the President of the United States. But the word is more particularly applied to subordinate officers, as governors, intendants, prefects, mayors, justices of the peace, and the like.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.