noun · neuter
kritēriem
Strong’sG2922
criterion, a law-court
stem kritēri-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κριτήριον, -ου, τό
(< κριτής), [in LXX: III Ki 7:7 (מִשְׁפָּט), Da LXX TH 7:10, TH:26, (דִּין), Su 49, Ex 21:6, Jg 5:10*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2922 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkree-tay'-ree-on
a rule of judging ("criterion"), i.e. (by implication) a tribunal
Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of G2923;
King Jamesto judge, judgment (seat).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
means for judging or trying, standard, frequently of the mental faculties and senses, Refs 6th c.BC+ measure, test, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 court of judgement, tribunal, NT+5th c.BC+
2.b decision of a tribunal, judgement, Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | kritēriem | kritērieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | kritērieu | kritērieiu1×κριτηρίων |
| to, for dative | kritērie | kritēriei |
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
kritērie 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kritērieiu“judge”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
1 Corinthians 6:2… vi krinotō tos kosmos, anaxiois avō kritērieiu elachisteiu?… world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
kritērieim2×
1 Corinthians 6:4“judgments”biōtikeim men oun kritērieim ean echaveiō, toin exouthenorēntoin en ta …So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?
James 2:6… vu, kai autois helkalō vin eis kritērieim?… oppress you and drag you into court?