Greek word study

κρίνωkrínō — I judge, decide, think good

(a) I judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb, (b) I decide, I think (it) good.

Translated in the King James as: avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think

Appears 114 times in Scripture

Origin: properly, to distinguish, i.e. decide (mentally or judicially);

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Where it appears

Matthew — 6×

Matt 5:40 Matt 7:1 Matt 7:2 Matt 19:28+ 2 more in Matthew

Luke — 6×

Luke 6:37 Luke 7:43 Luke 12:57 Luke 19:22 Luke 22:30+ 1 more in Luke

John — 19×

John 3:17 John 3:18 John 5:22 John 5:30 John 7:24 John 7:51 John 8:15 John 8:16 John 8:26 John 8:50 John 12:47 John 12:48 John 16:11 John 18:31+ 5 more in John

Acts — 21×

Acts 3:13 Acts 4:19 Acts 7:7 Acts 13:27 Acts 13:46 Acts 15:19 Acts 16:4 Acts 16:15 Acts 17:31 Acts 20:16 Acts 21:25 Acts 23:3 Acts 23:6 Acts 24:21 Acts 25:9 Acts 25:10 Acts 25:20 Acts 25:25 Acts 26:6 Acts 26:8 Acts 27:1

Romans — 18×

Rom 2:1 Rom 2:3 Rom 2:12 Rom 2:16 Rom 2:27 Rom 3:4 Rom 3:6 Rom 3:7 Rom 14:3 Rom 14:4 Rom 14:5 Rom 14:10 Rom 14:13 Rom 14:22+ 4 more in Romans

1 Corinthians — 17×

1 Cor 2:2 1 Cor 4:5 1 Cor 5:3 1 Cor 5:12 1 Cor 5:13 1 Cor 6:1 1 Cor 6:2 1 Cor 6:3 1 Cor 6:6 1 Cor 7:37 1 Cor 10:15 1 Cor 10:29 1 Cor 11:13 1 Cor 11:31 1 Cor 11:32+ 2 more in 1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians — 2×

Colossians — 1×

2 Thessalonians — 1×

2 Timothy — 1×

Titus — 1×

Hebrews — 2×

James — 6×

James 2:12 James 4:11 James 4:12 James 5:9+ 2 more in James

1 Peter — 4×

1 Pet 1:17 1 Pet 2:23 1 Pet 4:5 1 Pet 4:6

Revelation — 9×

Rev 6:10 Rev 11:18 Rev 16:5 Rev 18:8 Rev 18:20 Rev 19:2 Rev 19:11 Rev 20:12 Rev 20:13

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.