What does κριτήριον (kritḗrion) mean in the Bible?
κριτήριον (kritḗrion): A tribunal or court where judgment is rendered, not merely the abstract criterion for judgment itself
Greek · G2922
κριτήριον
Court/lawsuit
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κριτήριον G2922
Pronunciation kritḗrion
What does κριτήριον (kritḗrion) mean in the Bible?
κριτήριον (kritḗrion): A tribunal or court where judgment is rendered, not merely the abstract criterion for judgment itself
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How does the BSB render G2922?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include cases (1), court (1), to settle (1).
Where does κριτήριον (kritḗrion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 6:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), James (1).
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 cases 1× 1 Corinthians 6:2
court 1× James 2:6
to settle 1× 1 Corinthians 6:4
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First aligned row 1 Corinthians 6:2
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
1 Corinthians 2 James 1
Source forms
κριτήρια 2x kritēria 1 Corinthians 6:4, James 2:6
κριτηρίων 1x kritēriōn 1 Corinthians 6:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x 1 Corinthians 6:4, James 2:6
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 6:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A tribunal or court where judgment is rendered, not merely the abstract criterion for judgment itself
Strong's G2922
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
court/lawsuit
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A tribunal or court where judgment is rendered, not merely the abstract criterion for judgment itself
(κριτής), [in LXX: 3Ki.7:7 (מִשְׁפָּט), Dan LXX TH Dan.7:10, 26, (דִּין), Su 1:49, Exo.21:6, Jdg.5:10 * ;]
1a means of judging, test, criterion.
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.
1 Corinthians 6:2 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κριτηρίων krithriwn
criterion, a law-court
Read verse 1 Corinthians 6:4 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
κριτήρια krithria
criterion, a law-court
Read verse James 2:6 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
κριτήρια; krithria
criterion, a law-court
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 Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 6:2 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 6:4 · Jas 2:6 2×
Word Origins
κριτήριον is built from this root:
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