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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κριτήριονG2922
Pronunciationkritḗrion
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 Itcases1×1 Corinthians 6:2
court1×James 2:6
to settle1×1 Corinthians 6:4
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First aligned row1 Corinthians 6:2
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
1 Corinthians2James1
Source forms
κριτήρια2xkritēria1 Corinthians 6:4, James 2:6
κριτηρίων1xkritēriōn1 Corinthians 6:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural2x1 Corinthians 6:4, James 2:6
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural1x1 Corinthians 6:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A tribunal or court where judgment is rendered, not merely the abstract criterion for judgment itself
Strong'sG2922
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
court/lawsuit
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 6:2Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κριτηρίωνkrithriwn
criterion, a law-court
Read verse1 Corinthians 6:4Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
κριτήριαkrithria
criterion, a law-court
Read verseJames 2:6Noun 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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter1 Cor 6:21×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter1 Cor 6:4 · Jas 2:62×
Word Origins
κριτήριον is built from this root: