δικαστής, δικαστοῦ, ὁ (δικάζω), a judge, arbitrator, umpire: Luk_12:14 (here critical texts κριτήν); Act_7:27 (from Exo_2:14); Act_7:35. (the Sept. for ωΙΡτΕθ; in Greek writings (Aeschylus and) Herodotus on.) [SYNONYMS: δικαστής, κριτής: according to etymol. and classic usage δικαστής is the more dignified and official term; κριτής gives prominence to the mental process, whether the 'judge' be a magistrate or not. Schmidt, chapter 18, 6.]

δικαστής dikastēs 2x a judge, Act_7:27 ; Act_7:35

δικαστής , -οῦ , ὁ ( < δικάζω ), [in LXX for H8199 ;] a judge: Act_7:27 ; Act_7:35 ( LXX ).† SYN.: κριτής G2923 , WH . "gives prominence to the mental process" ( Thayer ). δ . is the forensic term. In Attic law, the δικασταί were jurors, with a κριτής as presiding officer ( LS , s.v. ; Enc. Brit. 11, xii, 504 f .).

δικαστής [page 163] The word is found quater in P Petr I. 27, 28, fragmentary legal records of iii/B.C. In P Oxy III. 653 (time of Antoninus Pius), the account of a trial, the Praefect declares εἴτε οὖν πάρεισιν οἱ ἀντίδικ [οι ] εἴτε μὴ πάρεισι , δικαστὴν λήμψονται ὃς παρακολουθῶν τῆι Ὁνοράτου κρίσει τὴν Κανωπῖτιν ἐξετάσει κτλ . : cf. ib. I. 67 .17 (A.D. 338) καταλα [μ ]βάνοντες τὴν σὴν ἀρετὴν δ [εόμεθα συ ]νχωρηθῆναι δικα [στὴν ἡ ]μεῖν εἶναι Ἀέτιον τὸν προπολιτευόμενον , knowing your goodness, I beg you to allow Aλtius, ex-magistrate, to be judge in this matter (Edd.), P Lond 971 .19 (iii/iv A.D.) (= III. p. 129). The importance of the office comes out in OGIS 499 .3 (ii/A.D.) τῶν ἐκλέκτων ἐν ᾽Ρώμῃ δικαστῶν , 528 .7 δι ]καστὴν ἐν Ῥώμ [ῃ . On the ἀρχιδικαστής , who seems to have occupied the position of a permanent judge at Alexandria, before whom parties in civil cases could elect to have their disputes tried, see Milne, Roman Egypt , p. 196 ff. P Lond 908 .17 (A.D. 139) (= III. p. 132) mentions an ἀ ., and also (l. .19 ) Εὐδαί ?]μονος δι [έπ ]οντος τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχιδικάστειαν . The abstract figures without ἀρχι - in Michel 477 .10 (mid. ii/B.C.) ἀπ [ολυθεί ]ς τε ἀπὸ τῆς δικαστείας ἐπεδήμησεν κτλ . For the δικαστήριον , as the Praefect s tribunal or court, see P Strass I. 5 .17, .19 (A.D. 262), P Oxy I. 59 .11 (A.D. 292), P Amh II. 82 .4, .19 (iii/iv.A.D .), etc. MGr δικαστἡς survives unchanged.

δικαστής δι^καστής, οῦ, (n di^kast hs_ou suff_acc masc ) (n di^kasth r_ros stem_acc masc Babr. ) [Etym: δικάζω] "a judge", Hdt. , Aesch. , etc. at Athens, the δικασταί, like the Roman "judices", were more like our "jurymen" (the "presiding judge" being ὁ κριτής), Soph. , etc. δ. αἵματος "an avenger", Eur.

δικαστής, -οῦ, ὁ (δικάζω), [in LXX for שָׁפַט ;] a judge: Act.7:27, 35" (LXX) .† SYN.: κριτής, WH. "gives prominence to the mental process" (Thayer). δ. is the forensic term. In Attic law, the δικασταί were jurors, with a κριτής as presiding officer (LS, see word; Enc. Brit. 11, xii, 504 f.) (AS)