noun · masculine
dikastos
Greekδικαστής (dikastēs)
Strong’sG1348
a judge
stem dikast-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δικαστής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< δικάζω), [in LXX for שֹׁפֵט;]
SYN.: κριτής, wh. "gives prominence to the mental process" (Thayer). δ. is the forensic term. In Attic law, the δικασταί were jurors, with a κριτής as presiding officer (LS, s.v.; Enc. Brit.11, xii, 504 f.).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1348 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddik-as-tace'
a judger
Fromfrom a derivative of G1349;
King Jamesjudge.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dikastos | dikastois |
| object accusative | dikaston2×δικαστὴν | dikastoin |
| direct address vocative | dikastor | dikastoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | dikastou | dikastoiu |
| to, for dative | dikasto | dikastoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
dikasto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
dikaston“judge”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 7:27“judge”tos de adikarōtos ton plēsion apōtheta auton legaratos; Tinos sin kathistanata archōnon kai dikaston epi nu?But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
Acts 7:35“judge”Houton ton Mōuson, hon arnela legaratois; Tinos sin kathistanata archōnon kai dikaston, houton tos theos kai archōnon kai lutrōton apostelatē sun cheira angelou tou horiratou auto en ta bata.This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.