What does κατάκριμα (katákrima) mean in the Bible?
κατάκριμα (katákrima): The verdict of condemnation pronounced against the guilty, distinct from the state of being condemned
Greek · G2631
κατάκριμα
An adverse sentence (the verdict)
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κατάκριμα G2631
Pronunciation katákrima
What does κατάκριμα (katákrima) mean in the Bible?
κατάκριμα (katákrima): The verdict of condemnation pronounced against the guilty, distinct from the state of being condemned
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2631?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include condemnation (3).
Where does κατάκριμα (katákrima) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 5:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It condemnation 3× Romans 5:16, Romans 5:18, Romans 8:1
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Usage map
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First aligned row Romans 5:16
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Romans 3
Source forms
κατάκριμα 3x katakrima Romans 5:16, Romans 5:18, Romans 8:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x Romans 5:16, Romans 5:18
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Romans 8:1
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek word. The verdict of condemnation pronounced against the guilty, distinct from the state of being condemned
Strong's G2631
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 8:1-11 Source Gloss
an adverse sentence (the verdict)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 5:16 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κατάκριμα, katakrima
punishment following condemnation
Read verse Romans 5:18 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κατάκριμα, katakrima
punishment following condemnation
Read verse Romans 8:1 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
κατάκριμα katakrima
punishment following condemnation
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rom 8:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rom 5:16 · Rom 5:18 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
Condemnation, adverse verdict.
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Word Origins
κατάκριμα is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Describes the judicial sentence removed for those in Christ. Romans 8:1-11
Canonical Themes
Messiah
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain