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To judge

κρίνωStrong’s G2919

krinō

Appears in 99 verses of the New Testament

In short

Krinō is the Greek word usually translated “judging”, “do judge” and “judge”. It appears in 99 verses of the New Testament.

“That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
2 Thessalonians 2:12 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • judging 13
  • do judge 10
  • will judge 8
  • to judge 6
  • to be judged 5
  • you judge 4
  • judges 4
  • you may be judged 3

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 22
  • 1 Corinthians 15
  • John 14
  • Romans 14
  • Revelation 9
  • Luke 5

15 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 99 verses, by book
2 Corinthians 2
2:15:14
Colossians 1
2:16
2 Thessalonians 1
2:12
2 Timothy 1
4:1
Titus 1
3:12
Hebrews 2
10:3013:4
Greek dictionary

κρίνω krinō · to judge

κρίνω, [in LXX chiefly for שׁפט, also for ריב ,דּין, etc. ;] 1. to separate, select, choose (cl.; in LXX: 2Ma.13:15). 2. to approve, esteem: Rom.14:5. 3. to be of opinion, judge, think: Luk.7:43, 1Co.11:13; before τοῦτο ὅτι, 2Co.5:14; with accusative and inf., Act.16:15; with accusative and pred., Act.13:46 26:8. 4. to decide, determine, decree: with accusative, Act.16:4, Rom.14:13, 1Co.7:37, 2Co.2:1; with inf. (Field, Notes, 167), Act.20:16 25:25, 1Co.2:2 5:3, Tit.3:12 (cf. 1Ma.11:33, Wis.8:9, al.); with accusative and inf., Act.21:25 27:1. …

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

JUDGE, noun

[Latin judex, supposed to be compounded of jus, law or right, and dico, to pronounce.]

  1. A civil officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine causes, civil or criminal, between parties, according to his commission; as the judges of the king's bench, or of the common pleas; judges of the supreme court, of district courts, or of a county court.
  2. The Supreme Being.“Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?” Genesis 18:25
  3. One who presides in a court of judicature.
  4. One who has skill to decide on the merits of a question, or on the value of any thing; one who can discern truth and propriety.
All definitions and other forms of “judge”
  1. In the history of Israel, a chief magistrate, with civil and military powers.
  2. A juryman or juror.

JUDGE, verb intransitive

[Latin judico.]

  1. To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their agreement or disagreement, and thus to distinguish truth from falsehood.“JUDGE not according to the appearance” John 7:24
  2. To form an opinion; to bring to issue the reasoning or deliberations of the mind.
  3. To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to pass sentence.“The Lord judge between thee and me” Genesis 16:5
  4. To discern; to distinguish; to consider accurately for the purpose of forming an opinion or conclusion.“JUDGE in yourselves; is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?” 1 Corinthians 11:13

JUDGE, verb transitive

To hear and determine a case; to examine and decide.

  1. To try; to examine and pass sentence on.“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked” Ecclesiastes 3:17
  2. Rightly to understand and discern.“He that is spiritual, judgeth all things” 1 Corinthians 2:15
  3. To censure rashly; to pass severe sentence.“JUDGE not, that ye be not judged” Matthew 7:1
  4. To esteem; to think; to reckon.“If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord--” Acts 16:15
  5. To rule or govern.“The Lord shall judge his people” Hebrews 10:30
  6. To doom to punishment; to punish.“I will judge thee according to thy ways” Ezekiel 7:8

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.