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Condemnation

κατάκριμαStrong’s G2631

katakrima

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Katakrima is the Greek word usually translated “condemnation”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.”
Romans 5:16 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • condemnation 3

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

Where it's used most
  • Romans 3

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

κατάκριμα katakrima · condemnation

κατά-κριμα, -τος, τό (κατακρίνω), penalty (RV, condemnation; but cf. Deiss., BS, 264 f.; MM, Exp., xv): Rom.5:16, 18 8:1.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

CONDEMNATION, noun

  1. The act of condemning; the judicial act of declaring one guilty, and dooming him to punishment.“For the judgment was by one to condemnation” Romans 5:16
  2. The state of being condemned.“Dost thou not fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation” Luke 23:40
  3. The cause or reason of a sentence of condemnation John 3:19

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.