Quick Definition
a judge
Strong's Definition
a judge (genitive case or specially)
Derivation: from G2919 (κρίνω);
KJV Usage: judge
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κριτής, κριτοῦ, ὁ (κρίνω) (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down), the Sept. chiefly for ωΙΡτΕθ; a judge;
1. universally, one who passes, or arrogates to himself, judgment on anything: with the genitive of the object, Jas_4:11; with the genitive of quality (see διαλογισμός, 1), Jas_2:4; in a forensic sense, of the one who tries and decides a case (cf. δικαστής, at the end): Mat_5:25; Luk_12:14 L T Tr WH, 58; (xviii. 2); with the genitive of quality (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 10; Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3b.), τῆς ἀδικίας, Luk_18:6; with the genitive of the object (a thing), an arbiter, Act_18:15; of a Roman procurator administering justice, Act_24:10; of God passing judgment on the character and deeds of men, and rewarding accordingly, Heb_12:23; Jas_4:12; also of Christ returning to sit in judgment, Act_10:42; 2Ti_4:8; Jas_5:9; in a peculiar sense, of a person whose conduct is made the standard for judging another and convicting him of wrong: with the genitive of the object (a person), Mat_12:27; Luk_11:19.
2. like the Hebrew ωΙΡτΕθ, of the leaders or rulers of the Israelites: Act_13:20 (Jdg_2:16; Jdg_2:18; Rth_1:1; Sir. 10:1f, 24, etc.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κριτής kritēs 19x
a judge, Mat_5:25 ;
from the Hebrew, a magistrate, ruler, Act_13:20 ; Act_24:10 judge.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κριτής , -οῦ , ὁ
( < κρίνω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H8199 ;]
a judge: Mat_5:25 , Luk_12:14 ; Luk_12:58 ; Luk_18:2 ; τ . ἀδικίας , Luk_18:6 ; c . gem rei ( obj .), Act_18:15 , Jas_4:11 ; (qual.), διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν , Jas_2:4 ; of a Roman procurator, Act_24:10 ; of God, Heb_12:23 , Jas_4:12 ; Christ, Act_10:42 , 2Ti_4:8 , Jas_5:9 ; of those whose conduct is made a standard for judging, Mat_12:27 , Luk_11:19 ; in the OT sense ( Jdg_2:16 , Rth_1:1 , al ), of a ruler in Israel, Act_13:20 .†
SYN.: δικάστης G1348 , q.v.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κριτής [page 361]
κριτής is used of one designated by the Prefect to the office of judge, as in P Oxy IX. 1195 .1 (A.D. 135) Ἀπολλωνίωι κριτῆι δοθέντι ὑπὸ Πετρωνίου Μαμερτείνου τοῦ κρατίστου ἡγεμόνος : it is also applied to this same Prefect himself in ib. IV. 726 .20 (A.D. 135). Cf. also ib. I. 97 .5 (A.D. 115 6) ἐπί τε πάσης ἐξουσίας καί παντὸς κριτοῦ . For the technical-political sense of the word, as frequently in the LXX, Wackernagel ( Hellenistica , p. 11) cites OGIS 467 .10 ἐπίλεκτον κριτὴν ἐκ τῶν ἐν Ῥώμῃ δεκουριῶν , compared with ib. 499 .3 τῶν ἐκλέκτων ἐν Ῥώμῃ δικαστῶν , both ii/A.D. inscrr. from Asia Minor.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κριτής κρι^τής, οῦ, [Etym: κρίνω] "a decider, judge, umpire", Hdt. , Thuc. :—at Athens, of "the judges in the poetic contests", Ar. κρ. ἐνυπνίων "an interpreter" of dreams, Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κριτής, -οῦ, ὁ
(κρίνω), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁפַט ;]
a judge: Mat.5:25, Luk.12:14, 58 18:2; τ. ἀδικίας, Luk.18:6; with gem of thing(s) (obj.), Act.18:15, Jas.4:11; (qual.), διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν, Jas.2:4; of a Roman procurator, Act.24:10; of God, Heb.12:23, Jas.4:12; Christ, Act.10:42, 2Ti.4:8, Jas.5:9; of those whose conduct is made a standard for judging, Mat.12:27, Luk.11:19; in the OT sense (Jdg.2:16, Rut.1:1, al), of a ruler in Israel, Act.13:20.†
SYN.: δικάστης, q.v (AS)