# G2919 --- ## Gary's Lexicon ### Definition - to judge - to decide ### Part of Speech - Verb ### Word Studies - --- ## Lexical Summary ### Root Transliteration (Phonetic Spelling) - krinó (kree'-no) ### Part of Speech - Verb ### Definitions & Usage #### KJV - judge (88), determine (7), condemn (5), go to law (2), call in question (2), esteem (2), miscellaneous (8) #### NASB ##### Definition - to judge - to decide ##### Usage - judge (42), judged (25), judges (10), judging (5) - decided (8) - trial (3) - determined (2) - regards (2) - stand trial (2) - act as...judge (1), concluded (1), condemn (1), condemning (1), considered (1), determine (1), go to law (1), goes to law (1), judgment (1), pass judgment (1), passes judgment (1), passing judgment (1), pronounced (1), sue (1), tried (1), try (1) #### Strong's ##### Definition - properly, to distinguish, i.e. decide (mentally or judicially); by implication, to try, condemn, punish:—avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think. ##### Usage - I judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb - I decide, I think (it) good --- ## Other Dimensions ### Word Origin - a prim. verb ### Helps Word Studies - [[G2919]] krínō – properly, to separate (distinguish), i.e. judge; come to a choice (decision, judgment) by making a judgment – either positive (a verdict in favor of) or negative (which rejects or condemns). - J. Thayer comments that "the proper meaning of G2919 (krínō) is to pick out (choose) by separating" (as also used in Homer, Herodotus, Aeschyl., Xenophon, Plato). G2919 /krínō ("distinguish, judge") typically refers to making a determination of right or wrong (innocence or guilt), especially on an official (legal) standard. We only judge (G2919 /krínō) accurately by intelligent comparison and contrast based on God's word, i.e. to approve (prefer) what is correct and reject what is inferior (wrong). - G2919 (krínō) is used of "bringing to trial" (the trying of fact) in a court of law. - G2919 (krinō) originally meant "separate." So Homer, of Ceres separating the grain from the chaff (Iliad, v, 501). Thence, 'to distinguish, to pick out, to be of opinion, to judge' " (WS, 418). ### Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Words ### Cultural and Historical Background ### Outline of Biblical Usage - to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose - to approve, esteem, to prefer - to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion - to determine, resolve, decree - to judge - to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong - to be judged, i.e. summoned to trial that one's case may be examined and judgment passed upon it - to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure - of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others - to rule, govern - to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to pass judgment - to contend together, of warriors and combatants - to dispute - in a forensic sense - to go to law, have suit at law ### Vines --- ## Links, Etc ### Occurrences - 115 ### Occurrences Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/strongs_2919.htm ### BibleHub Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/2919.htm --- ## Revision Dates ### Initial - 2019.10.19 ### Revised - 2024.05.23 - 2026.02.15