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To condemn

καταδικάζωStrong’s G2613

katadikazō

Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament

In short

Katadikazō is the Greek word usually translated “have condemned”, “condemned” and “do condemn”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.

“But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.”
Matthew 12:7 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • you have condemned 2
  • you will be condemned 1
  • do condemn 1
  • you may be condemned 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 2
  • Luke 1
  • James 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

καταδικάζω katadikazō · to condemn

κατα-δικάζω [in LXX: Psa.94:21 (רָשַׁע hi.), La 3:36 (עָוַת pi.), Wis.2:20, al. ;] to pass sentence upon, condemn; in cl., with genitive of person(s) (accusative of thing(s)); in late writers (so LXX), with accusative of person(s) (θανάτῳ, Wis, l.with): Mat.12:7, Jas.5:6; absol. (as Plat., Legg., 958c), Luk.6:37; pass., Mat.12:37, Luk.6:37.† δικάζω, to judge: Luk.6:37 (Tr., mg.; see: καταδ-; Cremer, 199).† (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.