Kritḗs — G2923

G2923 · Greek — κριτής

Pronunciation: kree-tace'

Definition

masculine noun

a judge (genitive case or specially)

  1. universally, one who passes, or arrogates to himself, judgment on anything
  2. like the Hebrew שֹׁפֵט, of the leaders or rulers of the Israelites

Usually translated as

judge

Origin

from G2919

Occurrences

Kritḗs occurs 17 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Luke (4), Acts (4), 2 Timothy (1), Hebrews (1), James (3)

Strong's Lexicon — K