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
| Colossians 2:16 | Therefore do (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) not let (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) anyone judge (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) you with respect to food and drink, or in regard to a religious festival, a new moon, or a Sabbath day. |
| 2 Thessalonians 2:12 | that they all may be condemned (krithōsin | κριθῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl) who did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness. |
| 2 Timothy 4:1 | I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge (krinein | κρίνειν | pres act inf ) the living and the dead, and by his appearing and by his kingdom: |
| Titus 3:12 | When I send Artemas to you or Tychicus, do your best to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided (kekrika | κέκρικα | perf act ind 1 sg) to winter there. |
| Hebrews 10:30 | For we know the one who said, “Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) his people.” |
| Hebrews 13:4 | Marriage must be honored by everyone and the marriage bed must be undefiled, for God will (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) judge (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) the sexually immoral and the adulterers. |
| James 2:12 | So speak and so act as those who are to (krinesthai | κρίνεσθαι | pres pass inf ) be (krinesthai | κρίνεσθαι | pres pass inf ) judged (krinesthai | κρίνεσθαι | pres pass inf ) by the law that brings freedom. |
| James 4:11 | Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) his brother, speaks against the law and judges (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) the law; but if you (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) judge (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. |
| James 4:12 | There is only one who is the lawgiver and judge — the one who is able to save and to destroy; so who are you to be judging (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp voc sg masc) your neighbor? |
| James 5:9 | Do not complain against one another, my brothers, lest you be judged (krithēte | κριθῆτε | aor pass subj 2 pl). Look, the judge is standing at the doors. |
| 1 Peter 1:17 | And if you call upon him as Father who judges (krinonta | κρίνοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) impartially according to the work of each, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your exile, |
| 1 Peter 2:23 | When he was insulted, he did not respond with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but entrusted himself to the one who judges (krinonti | κρίνοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) justly. |
| 1 Peter 4:5 | They will give an account to him who stands ready to judge (krinai | κρῖναι | aor act inf ) the living and the dead. |
| 1 Peter 4:6 | It was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to the dead, so that though they were judged (krithōsi | κριθῶσι | aor pass subj 3 pl) as men in the flesh, they might live as God in the Spirit. |
| Revelation 6:10 | And they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before you bring judgment (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” |
| Revelation 11:18 | The nations raged, but your wrath came; and the time for the dead to be judged (krithēnai | κριθῆναι | aor pass inf ), and the time to reward your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and the time to destroy the destroyers of the earth.” |
| Revelation 16:5 | Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “You are just, O Holy One, who is and who was, because you (ekrinas | ἔκρινας | aor act ind 2 sg) brought (ekrinas | ἔκρινας | aor act ind 2 sg) these judgments (ekrinas | ἔκρινας | aor act ind 2 sg), |
| Revelation 18:8 | Therefore her plagues will come in a single day — death and mourning and famine. And she will be consumed with fire, for mighty is the Lord God who has judged (krinas | κρίνας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) her.” |
| Revelation 18:20 | Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced (ekrinen | ἔκρινεν | aor act ind 3 sg) judgment for you against her!” |
| Revelation 19:2 | because true and just are his judgments. For he has judged (ekrinen | ἔκρινεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants shed by her hand.” |
| Revelation 19:11 | Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one riding it is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) and makes war. |
| Revelation 20:12 | And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and the books were opened. Then another book was opened — the Book of Life. And the dead were judged (ekrithēsan | ἐκρίθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. |
| Revelation 20:13 | And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and they were judged (ekrithēsan | ἐκρίθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl), each one according to his deeds. |
