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κρίσις
krísis · Greek · Strong's G2920 · 47 occurrences
The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “judgment”
What it means
decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
How the KJV renders it
accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“judgment”
“condemnation”
“damnation”
also renders kríma (G2917)
Questions this word decides
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
- Is tithing required for Christians?
- What does Malachi 3:10 mean about the tithe?
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
- Are the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical) books inspired scripture?
Where it appears
47 occurrences in the Greek text, first 46 verses shown.
1 John 4:17 N-GSF1 Timothy 5:24 N-ASF2 Peter 2:4 N-ASF2 Peter 2:9 N-GSF2 Peter 2:11 N-ASF2 Peter 3:7 N-GSF2 Thessalonians 1:5 N-GSFActs 8:33 N-NSFHebrews 9:27 N-NSFHebrews 10:27 N-GSFJames 2:13 N-GSFJames 5:12 N-ASFJohn 3:19 N-NSFJohn 5:22 N-ASFJohn 5:24 N-ASFJohn 5:27 N-ASFJohn 5:29 N-GSFJohn 5:30 N-NSFJohn 7:24 N-ASFJohn 8:16 N-NSFJohn 12:31 N-NSFJohn 16:8 N-GSFJohn 16:11 N-GSFJude 1:6 N-ASFJude 1:9 N-ASFJude 1:15 N-ASFLuke 10:14 N-DSFLuke 11:31 N-DSFLuke 11:32 N-DSFLuke 11:42 N-ASFMatthew 5:21 N-DSFMatthew 5:22 N-DSFMatthew 10:15 N-GSFMatthew 11:22 N-GSFMatthew 11:24 N-GSFMatthew 12:18 N-ASFMatthew 12:20 N-ASFMatthew 12:36 N-GSFMatthew 12:41 N-DSFMatthew 12:42 N-DSFMatthew 23:23 N-ASFMatthew 23:33 N-GSFRevelation 14:7 N-GSFRevelation 16:7 N-NPFRevelation 18:10 N-NSFRevelation 19:2 N-NPF
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