1. judge (one who judges/decides) — A judge, one who decides cases or renders judgment. Used in the NT for human judges and magistrates (Acts 13:20, 24:10, Jas 2:4), for God as the divine Judge (Heb 12:23, Jas 4:12, 2 Tim 4:8), and for believers who will judge (Matt 12:27, Luke 11:19). Multilingual evidence is consistent across number: spa 'juez/jueces' (judge/judges), hin 'nyayi' (judge, unchanged for both), arb 'qadi/qudat' (judge/judges with broken plural), kor '재판관' (jaepangwan), swa 'hakimu/waamuzi' (judge/judges with Bantu class alternation). The N-NMS/N-DMS/N-AMS vs N-NMP/N-AMP split is purely inflectional with no semantic distinction. 19×
AR["الدَّيّانُ","القَاضِي","الْقَاضِي","دَيَّان","دَيَّانُ","دَيّانينَ","قاضي","قاضيًا","قاضٍ","قَاضِيًا","قُضاةً","قُضَاةً"]·ben["বিচারক","বিচারক;","বিচারকর্তাদের","বিচারকের","বিচারকের,"]·DE["Richter"]·EN["Judge","a-judge","judge","judges","to-Judge"]·FR["juge"]·heb["שׁוֹפְטִים","שׁוֹפְטֵי","שׁוֹפֵט"]·HI["न्यअयि;","न्यअयेए","न्यायी","न्यायी-को"]·ID["Hakim","hakim","hakim,","hakim-hakim","hakim."]·IT["giudice"]·jav["Hakim","Hakim;","hakim","hakim,","hakim."]·KO["사사들을","심판자-가","재판관","재판관-이다","재판관들이","재판관에게","재판관으로","재판관이","재판관이나","판단자,","판단자-이다."]·PT["de-Juiz","juiz","juízes"]·RU["Судие","Судья","Судья,","Судьёй","судей","судье","судьи","судья","судья.","судьями","судьёй"]·ES["Juez","a-Juez","como-juez","jueces","juez"]·SW["Hakimu","hakimu","waamuzi"]·TR["Yargıcı","Yargıç","Yargıç'a","yargıca","yargıç","yargıçlar","yargıçları","yargıçlarınız"]·urd["قاضی","قاضی٬","قاضی۔","منصف"]
Matt 5:25, Matt 5:25, Matt 12:27, Luke 11:19, Luke 12:14, Luke 12:58, Luke 12:58, Luke 18:2, Luke 18:6, Acts 10:42, Acts 13:20, Acts 18:15 (+7 more)
Senses
Related Senses
H4941 1. justice, righteousness (134×)H4941 2. judgment, judicial decision (119×)H4941 3. ordinances, statutes (plural) (110×)H8199 1. to judge, adjudicate (98×)G2919 1. judge, pass judgment (76×)H8199 2. judge (person, office-holder) (61×)G2920 1. judgment / condemnation (48×)H7378 1. Qal: quarrel, contend, strive (42×)H4941 4. prescribed ordinance, regulation (34×)G1832 1. it is lawful, it is permitted (32×)G2917 1. judgment, condemnation (27×)G2919 2. be judged, stand trial (27×)H5360 1. vengeance, retribution (27×)H7378 2. Qal: plead, defend, litigate (22×)G2723 1. accuse, bring charges against (20×)G2632 1. condemn, pass judgment against (18×)H1777 1. judge, adjudicate (18×)H1576 1. recompense, retribution (17×)H5359 1. vengeance, retribution (17×)H7561 1. condemn, declare guilty (Hifil) (17×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κρῐτ-ής, οῦ, ὁ, vocative Refs 6th c.BC+: (κρίνω):—judge, umpire, Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. τῶν ἀληθῶν, opposed to δοξαστής, Refs 5th c.BC+; at Athens, usually of the judges in the poetic contests, LXX+5th c.BC+ Latin judex datus, Refs 2nd c.AD+ judex selectus, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 κ. ἐνυπνίων interpreter of dreams, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II κριτάς· ὀδόντας, Refs 5th c.AD+