Kriterion means “to judge” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2922 — tela (“lamb”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2922 κριτήριον (kriterion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kriterion (kree-tay'-ree-on) n. 1. a rule of judging ("criterion") 2. (by implication) a tribunal It has 10 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include judged, judge, and judgment. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
kriterion (kree-tay'-ree-on) n. 1. a rule of judging ("criterion") 2. (by implication) a tribunal [neuter of a presumed derivative of G2923] KJV: to judge, judgment (seat) Root(s): G2923
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2922. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
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Usage: 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 English word each shown verse actually uses to render kriterion, 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, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 G2922 (κριτήριον) appears 6 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
5 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
his master shall bring him to the judgment seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door—to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
Ye that mount a she-ass at noonday, Ye that sit on the judgment seat, And walk by the roads of them that sit in judgment by the way; Declare
And there was the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2922.
his master shall bring him to the judgment seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door—to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
Ye that mount a she-ass at noonday, Ye that sit on the judgment seat, And walk by the roads of them that sit in judgment by the way; Declare
And there was the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment.
A stream of fire rushed forth before him: thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousands of myriads attended upon him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.
And the judgment has sat, and they shall remove his dominion to abolish it, and to destroy it utterly.
Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2922, grouped by book.
Kriterion (Strong's G2922) is a Greek word most simply glossed "to judge". kriterion (kree-tay'-ree-on) n. 1. a rule of judging ("criterion") 2. (by implication) a tribunal
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G2922 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2922 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 judged, judge, and judgment. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2922, with linked reader references where each row is available.