Gloss
to decide, consider, as preferring one thing over another or determining the correctness of a matter; by extension: to judge, pass judgment on, condemn in a legal sense
Forms of the word
Dictionary
κρίνω
Greek transliteration
krinō
Simplified transliteration
krino
Principal Parts
(ἔκρινον), κρινῶ, ἔκρινα, κέκρικα, κέκριμαι, ἐκρίθην
Numbers
Strong's number
2919
GK Number
3212
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
114
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-2d(6)
Definition
pluperfect, κεκρίκει (3 sg), pr. to separate; to make a distinction between; to exercise judgment upon; to estimate, Rom. 14:5; to judge, to assume censorial power over, to call to account, Mt. 7:1; Lk. 6:37; Rom. 2:1, 3; 14:3, 4, 10, 13; Col. 2:16; Jas. 4:11, 12; to bring under question, Rom. 14:22; to judge judicially, to try as a judge, Jn. 18:31; to bring to trial, Acts 13:27; to sentence, Lk. 19:22; Jn. 7:51; to resolve on, decree, Acts 16:4; Rev. 16:5; absol. to decide, determine, resolve, Acts 3:13; 15:19; 27:1; to deem, Acts 13:46; to form a judgment, pass judgment, Jn. 8:15; pass. to be brought to trial, Acts 25:10, 20; Rom. 3:4; to be brought to account, to incur arraignment, be arraigned, 1 Cor. 10:29; mid. to go to law, litigate, Mt. 5:40; in NT to judge, to visit judicially, Acts 7:7; 1 Cor. 11:31, 32; 1 Pet. 4:6; to judge, to right, to vindicate, Heb. 10:30; to administer government over, to govern, Mt. 19:28; Lk. 22:30
Greek-English Concordance for κρίνω
| Romans 3:6 | By no means! For otherwise how could God judge (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) the world? |
| Romans 3:7 | But if by my lie God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am (krinomai | κρίνομαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) I still being (krinomai | κρίνομαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) condemned (krinomai | κρίνομαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) as a sinner? |
| Romans 14:3 | The one who eats everything must not hold in contempt the one who does not and the one who abstains must (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) not judge (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) the one who eats, for God has accepted him. |
| Romans 14:4 | Who are you to pass (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) judgment on someone else’s servant? It is before his own master that he will stand or fall. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. |
| Romans 14:5 | one person regards (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) one day more sacred than another, while another person regards (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) all days the same. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. |
| Romans 14:10 | Why do (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you pass (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) judgment on your brother? Or again, why do you hold your brother in contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. |
| Romans 14:13 | Therefore let (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) us (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) stop passing (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) judgment (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) on (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) one another, but resolve (krinate | κρίνατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) instead, never to put an obstacle or a trap in a brother’s way. |
| Romans 14:22 | The faith that you have, keep as your own conviction before God. Blessed is the one (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) has (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) no reason (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to condemn himself for what he approves. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:2 | For I had decided (ekrina | ἔκρινα | aor act ind 1 sg) to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:5 | So then, stop passing (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) judgment (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) on (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) anything before the time, before the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will disclose the motives of the heart. At that time praise will come to each from God. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:3 | For though I am absent in body, I am present in spirit; and I (kekrika | κέκρικα | perf act ind 1 sg) have (kekrika | κέκρικα | perf act ind 1 sg) already passed judgment (kekrika | κέκρικα | perf act ind 1 sg) on the one who did this, just as though I were present. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:12 | For what business is it of mine to (krinein | κρίνειν | pres act inf ) judge (krinein | κρίνειν | pres act inf ) outsiders? Is it not those inside the church that you are to judge (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act ind 2 pl)? |
| 1 Corinthians 5:13 | But God will (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) judge (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) those outside. “Remove the evil person from among you.” |
| 1 Corinthians 6:1 | When any of you has a legal dispute against another, how dare he go to law (krinesthai | κρίνεσθαι | pres mid inf ) before heathen judges and not before the saints? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:2 | Or do you not know that the saints will (krinousin | κρινοῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) judge (krinousin | κρινοῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) the world? And if the world is (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) to (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) be (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) judged (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) by you, are you incompetent to try minor cases? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:3 | Do you not know that we (krinoumen | κρινοῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl) will (krinoumen | κρινοῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl) judge (krinoumen | κρινοῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl) angels, not to mention everyday affairs? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:6 | but brother goes (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) to (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) court (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) against brother, and that before unbelievers? |
| 1 Corinthians 7:37 | However, the man who stands firm in his resolve is under no compulsion but has control over his desire, and has (kekriken | κέκρικεν | perf act ind 3 sg) determined (kekriken | κέκρικεν | perf act ind 3 sg) this in his heart to keep her as his virgin, he will do well. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:15 | I speak as to sensible people; judge (krinate | κρίνατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) for yourselves what I am about to say. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:29 | I mean the conscience of the other person, not your own. Why then should (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) my liberty be determined (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) by the conscience of another? |
| 1 Corinthians 11:13 | Judge (krinate | κρίνατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? |
| 1 Corinthians 11:31 | But if we had been examining ourselves, we (ekrinometha | ἐκρινόμεθα | imperf pass ind 1 pl) would not come under judgment (ekrinometha | ἐκρινόμεθα | imperf pass ind 1 pl). |
| 1 Corinthians 11:32 | But when we are judged (krinomenoi | κρινόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) by the Lord, we are being corrected by discipline, so that we will not be condemned along with the world. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:1 | So I decided (ekrina | ἔκρινα | aor act ind 1 sg) this within myself, not to come to you again with sorrow. |
| 2 Corinthians 5:14 | For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded (krinantas | κρίναντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc) this: that one has died for all; therefore all have died. |
