κρίνωkrínō

1. to separate, select, choose (classical Greek; in LXX: 2 Maccabees 13:15).

2. to approve, esteem: Romans 14:5.

3. to be of opinion, judge, think: Luke 7:43, 1 Corinthians 11:13; followed by τοῦτο ὅτι, 2 Corinthians 5:14; with accusative et infinitive, Acts 16:15; with accusative et predicate, Acts 13:46, Acts 26:8.

4. to decide, determine, decree: with accusative, Acts 16:4, Romans 14:13, 1 Corinthians 7:37, 2 Corinthians 2:1; with infinitive, Acts 20:16, Acts 25:25, 1 Corinthians 2:2, 1 Corinthians 5:3, Titus 3:12 (cf. 1 Maccabees 11:33, Wisdom 8:9, and elsewhere); with accusative et infinitive, Acts 21:25, Acts 27:1.

5. to judge, adjudge, pronounce judgment: absolutely, John 8:16, John 8:26; followed by κατά, with accusative, John 7:24, John 8:15; κρίσιν κ., John 7:24; τ. δίκαιον, Luke 12:57; in forensic sense, John 18:31, Acts 23:3, and elsewhere; passive, Romans 3:4(LXX); of God's judgment, John 5:30, John 8:50, Romans 2:16, Romans 3:6, 2 Timothy 4:1, 1 Peter 4:5, and elsewhere

6. = κατακρίνω, to condemn (classical Greek): Acts 13:27; of God's judgment, John 3:18, John 5:22, John 12:47, John 12:48, Acts 7:7, Romans 2:12, 1 Corinthians 11:32, Hebrews 10:30(LXX), James 5:9, Revelation 19:2, and elsewhere

7. As in LXX (for שׁפט), to rule, govern (2 Kings 15:5, Psalms 2:10, and elsewhere): Matthew 19:28, Luke 22:30, 1 Corinthians 6:3.

8. to bring to trial (classical Greek); middle, to go to law: with dative of person, Matthew 5:40; followed by μετά, with genitive of person (of the opponent), ἐπί, with genitive (of the judge), 1 Corinthians 6:1, 1 Corinthians 6:6 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἀντ-απο- (-μαι), δια-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα-, συν-, ὑπο- (-μαι), συν-υπο- (-μαι)).