κρίνω

κρίνω,

[in LXX chiefly for שׁפט, also for ריב ,דּין, etc. ;]

1. to separate, select, choose (cl.; in LXX: 2Ma 13,15).

2. to approve, esteem: Rom 14,5,

3. to be of opinion, judge, think: Luk 7,43, 1 Kor 11,13; before τοῦτο ὅτι, 2 Kor 5,14 with accusative and inf., ApG 16,15 with accusative and pred., ApG 13,46; 26,8.

4. to decide, determine, decree: with accusative, ApG 16,4, Rom 14,13, 1 Kor 7,37, 2 Kor 2,1; with inf. (Field, Notes, 167), ApG 20,16; 25,25, 1 Kor 2,2; 5,3, Tit 3,12 (cf. 1Ma 11,33, Wis 8,9, al.); with accusative and inf., ApG 21,25; 27,1.

5. to judge, adjudge, pronounce judgment: absol., Joh 8,16, 26; before κατά, with accusative, Joh 7,24; 8,15; κρίσιν κ., Joh 7,24 τ. δίκαιον, Luk 12,57 (Deiss., LAE, 118); in forensic sense, Joh 18,31, ApG 23,3, al.; pass., Rom 3,4 (LXX); of God's judgment, Joh 5,30; 8,50, Rom 2,16; 3,6, 2 Tim 4,1, 1 Pet 4,5, al.

6. = κατακρίνω, to condemn (cl.): ApG 13,27 of God's judgment, Joh 3,18; 5,22; 12,47, 48, ApG 7,7, Rom 2,12, 1 Kor 11,32, Hebr 10,30" (LXX), Jak 5,9, Åb 19,2, al.

7. As in LXX (for שׁפט), to rule, govern ( 4Ki 15,5, Sl 2,10, al.): Matt 19,28, Luk 22,30, 1 Kor 6,3.

8. to bring to trial (cl.); mid., to go to law: with dative of person(s), Matt 5,40 before μετά, with genitive of person(s) (of the opponent), ἐπί, with genitive (of the judge), 1 Kor 6,1, 6 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἀντ-απο- (-μαι), δια-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα-, συν-, ὑπο- (-μαι), συν-υπο- (-μαι)).

SYN.: see: δικάστης.