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To condemn

καταγινώσκωStrong’s G2607

kataginōskō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Kataginōskō is the Greek word usually translated “shall condemn” and “condemned”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.”
Galatians 2:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “shall condemn” and “condemned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • shall condemn 2
  • condemned 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 John 2
  • Galatians 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

καταγινώσκω kataginōskō · to condemn

κατα-γινώσκω (see: γινώσκω), [in LXX: Deu.25:1 (רָשַׁע hi.), Pro.28:11 (חָקַר), Sir.14:2 19:5 * ;] to blame, condemn: with genitive of person(s), 1Jn.3:20-21; pass., κατεγνωσμένος ἦν (RV, he stood condemned, see Ellie., in l; but cf. Field, Notes, 188): Gal.2:11.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “condemn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CONDEMN, verb transitive

[Latin, to condemn to disapprove, to doom, to devote.]

  1. To pronounce to be utterly wrong; to utter a sentence of disapprobation against; to censure; to blame.
  2. To determine or judge to be wrong, or guilty; to disallow; to disapprove.“Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence towards God” 1 John 3:21
  3. To witness against; to show or prove to be wrong, or guilty, by a contrary practice.“The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it” Matthew 12:41
  4. To pronounce to be guilty; to sentence to punishment; to utter sentence against judicially; to doom; opposed to acquit or absolve; with to before the penalty.“The son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death” Matthew 20:18“He that believeth on him is not condemned” John 3:18
All definitions
  1. To doom or sentence to pay a fine; to fine.“And the king of Egypt--condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver” 2 Chronicles 36:3
  2. To judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; as, the ship was condemned as not sea-worthy.

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.