krinō · judge

What it means

krinō (κρίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “judge”.

In the passive, be judged, go to court.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To pass opinion on others so as to condemn them, setting oneself above them.
2. To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.
3. To make up one's mind, or think something is so.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To judge: to separate, distinguish and decide; hence to form a judgment, to pass sentence and, in the passive, to go to court. Thayer: to separate, select; to approve, decide; to judge; to condemn. Of the same family are κρίσις, “judgment” (G2920), κριτής, “judge”, and κατακρίνω, “to condemn”.

• Judging others Matthew 7:1John 7:24
• God judges the world John 3:17Acts 17:31
• Judged, or already condemned John 3:18
• Being judged before a court; going to law Acts 25:10Matthew 5:40
• Deciding, resolving Acts 20:161 Corinthians 2:2

How we translate it

“Judge” 52 times, “judged” 22, “be judged” 13, “judges” 11, “judging” 2… When the sense is making a decision, “I decided” 3 (1 Corinthians 2:2) and “had decided” (Acts 20:16); in a civil suit, “go to court” (Matthew 5:40). This edition's glossary sets “judge” and admits “condemn” when the sense is condemning; in John 3:18 it keeps “judged”, because the Greek verb says no more.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• judge ×52
• judged ×22
• be judged ×13
• judges ×11
• I decided ×3
• go to court ×2
• had decided ×2
• judging ×2
• I have decided ×1
• condemning him ×1
• others ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Luke×6
• John×19
• Acts×21
• Romans×18
• 1 Corinthians×17
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Colossians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×2
• James×6
• 1 Peter×4
• Revelation×9

• Matthew 5:40

  And to the one who wants to go to court with you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak too.

• Matthew 7:1

  “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.

• Matthew 7:2

  For with the judgment you judge you will be judged, and with the measure you measure with it will be measured to you.

• Matthew 19:28

  And Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the renewal, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Luke 6:37

  And do not judge, and you will never be judged; and do not condemn, and you will never be condemned; release, and you will be released.

• Luke 7:43

  Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one to whom he forgave more.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

• Luke 12:57

  And why do you not even judge for yourselves what is right?

• Luke 19:22

  He says to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not put down and reaping what I did not sow?

• Luke 22:30

  so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• John 3:17

  For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.

• John 3:18

  Whoever believes in him is not judged; but whoever does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

• John 5:22

  For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

• John 5:30

  I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

• John 7:24

  Do not judge by appearance, but judge with right judgment.”

• John 7:51

  “Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing?”

• John 8:15

  You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

• John 8:16

  And even if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but it is I and the Father who sent me.

• John 8:26

  I have many things to say about you and to judge; but the one who sent me is true, and I speak to the world what I have heard from him.”

• John 8:50

  But I do not seek my glory; there is one who seeks it and judges.

• John 12:47

  And if anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

• John 12:48

  Whoever rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge: the word that I have spoken, that will judge him on the last day.

• John 16:11

  concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

• John 18:31

  So Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.”

• Acts 3:13

  The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

• Acts 4:19

  But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you judge;

• Acts 7:7

  ‘And the nation to which they will be enslaved I will judge,’ God said, ‘and after these things they will come out and worship me in this place.’

• Acts 13:27

  For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, not recognizing him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

• Acts 13:46

  And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you reject it and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, look, we are turning to the nations.

• Acts 15:19

  Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those from among the nations who are turning to God,

• Acts 16:4

  And as they were going through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, for them to keep.

• Acts 16:15

  And when she was immersed, and her household, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.

• Acts 17:31

  because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the inhabited world in righteousness, by a man whom he has appointed, having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

• Acts 20:16

  For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

• Acts 21:25

  But as for the nations who have believed, we wrote, having decided that they should guard themselves against both what has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what is strangled and sexual immorality.”

• Acts 23:3

  Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, whitewashed wall; and are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and breaking the law you order me to be struck?”

• Acts 23:6

  And Paul, knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am being judged.”

• Acts 24:21

  unless it is about this one statement that I cried out while standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged today before you.’”

• Acts 25:9

  But Festus, wanting to grant the Jews a favor, answering Paul, said, “Do you want to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged about these things before me?”

• Acts 25:10

  And Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you also know very well.

• Acts 25:20

  And I, being at a loss about the investigation of these things, asked whether he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged about these things.

And 74 more times.