G2922

κριτήριον

kritērionG:N-N

court/lawsuit

κριτήριον, -ου, τό (κριτής), [in LXX: 3Ki.7:7 (מִשְׁפָּט), Dan LXX TH Dan.7:10, 26, (דִּין), Su 1:49, Exo.21:6, Jdg.5:10 * ;] __1. a means of judging, test, criterion. __2. a tribunal: 1Co.6:2 6:4, Jas.2:6.† (AS)

The KJV translates G2922 in the following manner:

judge (2x), judgments (2x), seats (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

κριτήριον — kritḗrion

κριτήριον, κριτηρίου, τό (from κριτηρ, equivalent to κριτής);

1. properly, the instrument or means of trying or judging anything; the rule by which one judges (Plato, Plutarch, others).

2. the place where judgment is given; the tribunal of a judge; a bench of judges: plural, 1Co 6:2; Jas 2:6 (the Sept.; Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others).

3. in an exceptional usage, the matter judged, thing to be decided, suit, case: plural 1Co 6:4 (this sense is denied by many; cf. e. g. Meyer on 1Co 6:2).

3 occurrences

I Corinthians (2), James (1)