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
| Matthew 5:40 | And let the one who wants to (krithēnai | κριθῆναι | aor pass inf ) sue (krithēnai | κριθῆναι | aor pass inf ) you and take your shirt have your coat as well. |
| Matthew 7:1 | “Do (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not judge (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) others, so that God will (krithēte | κριθῆτε | aor pass subj 2 pl) not judge (krithēte | κριθῆτε | aor pass subj 2 pl) you. |
| Matthew 7:2 | For by the standard you judge (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act ind 2 pl) you will be judged (krithēsesthe | κριθήσεσθε | fut pass ind 2 pl), and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. |
| Matthew 19:28 | Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth that in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones judging (krinontes | κρίνοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) the twelve tribes of Israel. |
| Luke 6:37 | Do (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not judge (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl), and you (krithēte | κριθῆτε | aor pass subj 2 pl) will (krithēte | κριθῆτε | aor pass subj 2 pl) not be judged (krithēte | κριθῆτε | aor pass subj 2 pl); do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; |
| Luke 7:43 | Simon answered, “I suppose it would be the one for whom he cancelled the greater debt.” And he said to him, “You (ekrinas | ἔκρινας | aor act ind 2 sg) have (ekrinas | ἔκρινας | aor act ind 2 sg) judged (ekrinas | ἔκρινας | aor act ind 2 sg) correctly.” |
| Luke 12:57 | “Why, indeed, do (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act ind 2 pl) you (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act ind 2 pl) not judge (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act ind 2 pl) for yourselves what is right? |
| Luke 19:22 | He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge (krinō | κρινῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) you, wicked servant. You knew, did you, that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? |
| Luke 22:30 | that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging (krinontes | κρίνοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) the twelve tribes of Israel. |
| John 3:17 | For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn (krinē | κρίνῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) the world, but so that the world might be saved through him. |
| John 3:18 | The one who believes in him is (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) not condemned (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg), but the one who does not believe is (kekritai | κέκριται | perf pass ind 3 sg) condemned (kekritai | κέκριται | perf pass ind 3 sg) already, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. |
| John 5:22 | Furthermore, the Father judges (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, |
| John 5:30 | I can do nothing on my own; I (krinō | κρίνω | pres act ind 1 sg) judge (krinō | κρίνω | pres act ind 1 sg) only as I hear, and my judgment is just because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. |
| John 7:24 | Do (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not judge (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) according to appearance, but judge (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) with proper judgment.” |
| John 7:51 | “Surely our law does (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) not judge (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) a man unless it first hears from him and finds out what he is doing, does it?” |
| John 8:15 | You judge (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act ind 2 pl) according to human standards; I judge (krinō | κρίνω | pres act ind 1 sg) no one. |
| John 8:16 | But even if I do judge (krinō | κρίνω | pres act subj 1 sg), my judgment is trustworthy, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. |
| John 8:26 | I have many things to say about you by way of judgment (krinein | κρίνειν | pres act inf ); but the one who sent me is truthful, and I say to the world only that which I have heard from him.” |
| John 8:50 | I am not seeking glory for myself; there is one who seeks it and he is the one who judges (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc). |
| John 12:47 | If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I am (krinō | κρίνω | pres act ind 1 sg) not the (krinō | κρίνω | pres act ind 1 sg) one (krinō | κρίνω | pres act ind 1 sg) who (krinō | κρίνω | pres act ind 1 sg) will judge (krinō | κρίνω | pres act ind 1 sg) him; for I did not come to judge (krinō | κρίνω | pres act subj 1 sg) the world but to save the world. |
| John 12:48 | The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge (krinonta | κρίνοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc); the word that I have spoken will judge (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) him at the last day. |
| John 16:11 | in regard to judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned (kekritai | κέκριται | perf pass ind 3 sg). |
| John 18:31 | Then Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge (krinate | κρίνατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any one to death.” |
| Acts 3:13 | The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — the God of our fathers — glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided (krinantos | κρίναντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) to release him. |
| Acts 4:19 | But Peter and John said in answer to them, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you must judge (krinate | κρίνατε | aor act imperative 2 pl), |
