Quick Definition
κατακρίνω v. I condemn
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 2919; to judge against, i.e. sentence
KJV Usage: condemn, damn
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.pass. κατεκρίθην | κρίνω
56.31 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Judge, Condemn, Acquit
to condemn, to render a verdict of guilt, condemnation to judge someone as definitely guilty and thus subject to punishment
MAT 12:41 · MAT 12:42 · MAT 20:18 · MAT 27:3 · MRK 10:33 · MRK 14:64 · MRK 16:16 · LUK 11:31 · LUK 11:32 · JHN 8:10 · ROM 2:1 · ROM 8:3 · ROM 8:34 · ROM 14:23 · 1CO 11:32 · HEB 11:7 · 2PE 2:6
1 The series κατακρίνω, κατάκρισις, and κατάκριμα probably differs slightly in meaning from καταδικάζω and καταδίκη in that the first series focuses more upon the actual process of judging rather than upon the verdict, but it is not possible to determine this from existing NT contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-κρίνω; fut. κατακρινῶ; 1 aor. κατέκρινα ; Vass., pf. κατακέκριμαι; 1 aor. κατεκρίθην; 1 fut. κατακριθήσομαι; to give Judgment against (one [see κατά, III. 17}, 10. judge worthy of punishment, to condemn; a. prop.: Ro. vill. 34; τινά, Jn. viii. 10 sq.; Ro. ii. 1, where it is disting. fr. κρίνειν, as in 1 Co. xi. 32; 'pass., Mt. xxvii. 3; to. xiv. 23; τινὰ θανάτῳ, to adjudge one to death, condemn to death, Mt. xx. 18 [TdE. εἰς θάνατον] ; Mk. x. 33, (κεκριμμένοι θανάτῳ, to eternal death, Barn. ep. 10, 5) ; τῇ καταστροφῇ. 2 Pet. ii. 6 [WHom. Trmrg. br. καταστροφῇ], (the Greeks say κατακρ. τινὰ θανάτου or θάνατον; cf. W. 210 (197 sq.); Β. § 132,16; Grimm on Sap. ii. 20); w. the ace. and inf., τινὰ ἔνοχον εἶναι θανάτου. Mk. xiv. 64; simply, of God condemning one to eternal misery: pass., Mk. xvi. 16; 1 Co. xi. 32; Jas. v. 9 Ree. b. improp. i. 6. by one’s good example to render another's wickedness the more evident and censurable: Mt. xii. 41 sq.; Lk. xi. 31 sq.; Heb. xi. 7. In a peculiar use of the word, occasioned by the employment of the term κατάκριμα (in vs. 1), Paul says, Ro. viii. 3, ὁ θεὸς κατέκρινε τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐν τῇ σαρκί, 1. 6. through his Son, who partook of human nature but was without sin, God deprived sin (which is the ground of the κατάκριμα) of its power in human nature (looked at in the general), broke its deadly sway, (just as the condemnation and punishment of wicked men puts an end to their power to injure or do harm). [(From Pind. and Hdt. down.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατακρίνω katakrinō 18x
to give judgment against, condemn, Mt. 27:3; Jn. 8:10, 11; to condemn, to place in a guilty light by contrast, Mt. 12:41, 42; Lk. 11:31, 32; Heb. 11:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-κρίνω,
[in LXX: Es 2:1 (גּזר ni.), Wi 4:16, Da LXX TH Su 53, 4:34, TH Sus 1:41, 48, 53*;]
to give judgment against, condemn: Ro 8:34; c. acc. pers., Mk 14:64, Jo 8:[10, 11]; disting. fr. κρίνειν, Ro 2:1, I Co 11:32; seq. θανάτῳ (cl. -ου or -ον), Mt 20:18, Mk 10:33; pass., Mt 27:3, Mk 16:[16], Ro 14:23, I Co 11:32, II Pe 2:6. Metaph., of condemning through a good example: Mt 12:41, 42, Lk 11:31, 32, Ro 8:3, He 11:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατακρίνω. P Petr I. 1612 (B.C. 230) ἀλλὰ κατακριθῆι pov, “but if the case be decided against me,”” and P Oxy III. 653 (4) (before A.p. 161) where in the account of a trial regarding a mortgage upon the property of Voltimus which had been seized by the creditor, Sempronius Orestinus, the Prefect informs the latter that unless he makes restitution—ovd μόνον κατακριθήσει ἀλλὰ καὶ Saphofe. The verb occurs several times in the i/a.p. edict OGZS 669, e.g. 3 ἐνετεύχθην δὲ Kal περὶ τῶν ἀτελειῶν Kal κουφοτελειῶν. . . λεγόντων ὕστερον κατακεκρίσθαι τὰ ὑπὸ ἰδιωτῶν πραχθέντα ἐν τῶι μέσωι χρόνωι μετὰ τὸ Φλάκκον κατακρεῖναι καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τὸν θεὸν Κλαύδιον ἀπολῦσαι: cf. also zd. 4378 (18.6.) τὸ κατακριθὲν πρασσέτωσαν παραχρῆμα. The distinction between κατακρίνω, “condemn,” and ἀνακρίνω, ‘examine judicially,” is well seen in Sus Th. 48 οὐκ ἀνακρίναντες οὐδὲ τὸ σαφὲς ἐπιγνόντες κατεκρίνατε θυγατέρα ᾿Ισραήλ ;
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατακρίνω (katakrinō) — to condemn. κατα-κρίνω, [Refs 4th c.AD+] κακρίνω (see. below) [ῑ], give as sentence against, τὸ τελευτῆσαι πάντων ἡ πεπρωμένη κατέκρινε [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τοῖσι κατεκέκρῐτο θάνατος sentence of death had been passed upon them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατακεκριμένων οἱ τούτων when this sentence has been given against him, [Refs] if sentence be given against me, [Refs 5th c.BC+] person et genitive _of things_, ὀσέοι ἂν χρηστήριον κακρίνη ἢ γνωσίαι κακριθήη τῶν χρημάτων anyone whom the oracle has condemned or who by judicial process has been condemned to forfeit his property, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. with accusative person, condemn, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, κατέκρινάν μιν ἔκδοτον ἄγεσθαι [NT+5th c.BC+]: with accusative of things, deem guilty of a thing, κ. πολλὴν ἄνοιάν τινων [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be condemned, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of the crime, τὰ ὁμολογούμενα τῶν πραγμάτων ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου -κέκριται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. passive, simply, to be judged, deemed, κατεκρίθη θνατοῖς ἀγανώτατος ἔμμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]