Strong’s G2923 · Greek
κριτής
kritḗs
Definition
a judge (genitive case or specially)
Etymology
from G2919 (κρίνω);
Where the KJV renders it
- judge
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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