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Strong's G2920 · Greek

κρίσις

krisis · kree'-sis

decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κρίσις (G2920)

47 κρίσις , -εως, ἡ ( κρίνω ), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁפָּט , also for רִיב , etc.;] a seperating , selection (Arist., al.) a decision , judgment (cl.): Jo 8:16 , I Ti 5:24 , II Pe 2:11 , Ju 9 ; κ. κρίνειν , Jo 7:24 ; in forensic sense, Ac 8:33 (LXX) (v. Page, in l.); esp. of the Divine judgment, Jo 3:19 5:24 , 27 , 29 , 30 12:31 16:8 , 11 , II Th 1:5 , He 10:27 , Ja 2:13 5:12 , II Pe 2:4 , Re 18:10 ; pl., Re 16:7 19:2 ; of the last judgment, Mt 10:15 11:22 , 24 12:36 , 41 , 42 , Lk 10:14 11:31 , 32 , He 9:27 , II Pe 2:9 3:7 , I Jo 4:17 , Ju 6 , 15 ; ἡ κ. τῆς γεέννης , Mt 23:33 . By meton. (as in LXX for מִשְׁפָּט , Is 5:7 , al.; דִּינָא , Da 7:10 ), of the standard of judgment, right , justice : Mt 12:18 , 20 (LXX, Is 42:43 ) 23:23 , Lk 11:42 ; of the tribunal (a local court), Mt 5:21 , 22 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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