UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: making a legal decision, arriving at a verdict, judgment

Semantic entry: 56.20

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Judge, Condemn, Acquit

Definition: act of deciding a question of legal right or wrong, and thus determining the innocence or guilt of the accused and assigning appropriate punishment or retribution{N:001}

Notes: The process of legal judging is often expressed idiomatically. In Africa, one of the standard phrases for judging is ‘to cut a palaver,’ but other expressions in other languages may be ‘to find guilt,’ ‘to point the finger at wrong,’ or ‘to untangle strife.’

Sense 2: the right to judge, the authority to judge

Semantic entry: 56.22

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Judge, Condemn, Acquit

Definition: (derivative of κρίνω [source selector 000004][e] ‘to judge legal cases,’ 56.20: κρίμα / 56.20: κρίνω / 56.20: κρίσις) the authority or right to judge guilt or innocence

Sense 3: court, court of justice

Semantic entry: 56.1

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Court of Justice

Definition: a court of justice for determining guilt or innocence{N:002}

Notes: For languages which do not have technical terms for a court, it is usually possible to use some such phrase as ‘to be brought before a judge’ or ‘to have judges decide one’s case.’

Sense 4: verdict, sentence, judgment

Semantic entry: 56.24

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Judge, Condemn, Acquit

Definition: the legal decision rendered by a judge, whether for or against the accused

Sense 5: judging as guilty, condemnation

Semantic entry: 56.30

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Judge, Condemn, Acquit

Definition: act of judging a person to be guilty and liable to punishment{N:004}

Sense 6: justice, fairness

Semantic entry: 56.25

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Judge, Condemn, Acquit

Definition: the administration of justice

Notes: It may be difficult to speak of ‘justice triumphing,’ and so in some languages it may be necessary to translate ‘so that all accusations are judged justly’ or ‘so that everyone receives what he should’ or ‘until all judgments are just.’

Sense 7: judgment, decision, evaluation

Semantic entry: 30.110

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge

Definition: (derivative of κρίνω [source selector 000002][c] ‘to judge,’ 30.108: κρίνω) the content of the process of judging

Notes: It may also be possible to translate ἀλλὰ τὴν δικαίαν κρίσιν κρίνετε (RV JHN 7:24 · LV JHN 7:24 · Read together JHN 7:24) as ‘judge in a righteous manner’ or ‘judge according to true standards.’

Sense 8: basis of judging, basis for judgment

Semantic entry: 30.111

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge

Definition: the basis for rendering a judgment

Notes: It is also possible to render κρίσις in RV JHN 3:19 · LV JHN 3:19 · Read together JHN 3:19 as ‘how judgment works’ or ‘the reason for God judging.’

Sense 9: punishment

Semantic entry: 38.1

Semantic domains: Punish, Reward

Subdomains: Punish

Definition: punishment, with the implication of having been judged guilty

Notes: It is also possible, of course, to interpret κρίσις in RV MAT 23:33 · LV MAT 23:33 · Read together MAT 23:33 as meaning ‘condemnation’ (see 56.30: κρίμα / 56.30: κρίνω / 56.30: κρίσις), but as such, punishment is certainly implied.

Sense 10: to be condemned, to suffer condemnation, to be judged guilty

Semantic entry: 56.32

Semantic domains: Courts and Legal Procedures

Subdomains: Judge, Condemn, Acquit

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to fall under judgment) to be condemned for acting contrary to laws and regulations

Notes: In the context of RV JAM 5:12 · LV JAM 5:12 · Read together JAM 5:12 the condemnation refers to God’s judgment.

Collocations: ὑπὸ κρίσιν πίπτω