Dikastes means “judge” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1348 — geuth (“majesty”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1348 δικαστής (dikastes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. dikastes (dik-as-tace') n. 1. a judger [from a derivative of G1349] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include judge. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
dikastes (dik-as-tace') n. 1. a judger [from a derivative of G1349] KJV: judge Root(s): G1349
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1348. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
magistrate
Usage: δικαστής, -οῦ, ὁ (δικάζω), [in LXX for שָׁפַט ;] a judge: Act.7:27, 35" (LXX) .† SYN.: κριτής, WH. "gives prominence to the mental process" (Thayer). δ. is the forensic term. In Attic law, the δικασταί were jurors, with a κριτής as presiding officer (LS, see word; Enc. Brit. 11, xii, 504 f.) (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dikastes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1348 (δικαστής) appears 12 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
7 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And he said, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? wilt thou slay me as thou yesterday slewest the Egyptian? Then Moses was alarmed, and said, If it be thus, this matter has become known.
And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shiloh, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And thou, Ezra, according to the wisdom of God ordain judges and justices, that they may judge in all Syria and Phoenicia all those that know the law of thy God; and those that know it not thou shalt teach.
Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; Learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.
Thou hast chosen me to be a king of thy people, And a judge of thy sons and daughters:
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1348.
And he said, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? wilt thou slay me as thou yesterday slewest the Egyptian? Then Moses was alarmed, and said, If it be thus, this matter has become known.
And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shiloh, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God.
And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
And these are the names of his sons; Joel the firstborn, and the name of the second Abijah, judges in Beersheba.
The Lord be judge and umpire between me and thee, the Lord look upon and judge my cause, and rescue me out of thy hand.
the great and mighty man, the warrior and the judge, and the prophet, and the counselor, and the elder,
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
And thou, Ezra, according to the wisdom of God ordain judges and justices, that they may judge in all Syria and Phoenicia all those that know the law of thy God; and those that know it not thou shalt teach.
Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; Learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.
Thou hast chosen me to be a king of thy people, And a judge of thy sons and daughters:
They shall not be sought for in public counsel, Nor sit high in the congregation: They shall not sit on the judges’ seat, Nor understand the sentence of judgment: They cannot declare justice and judgment; And they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
Therefore the Lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Judah,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1348, grouped by book.
Dikastes (Strong's G1348) is a Greek word most simply glossed "judge". dikastes (dik-as-tace') n. 1. a judger [from a derivative of G1349]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's G1348 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1348 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as judge. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1348, with linked reader references where each row is available.