κριτής

krithv" krithv",
kritou',
oJ (
krivnw) (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down), the Septuagint chiefly for fpevo; a judge;1. universally, one who passes, or arrogates to himself, judgment on anything: with the genitive of the object, ; with the genitive of quality (see
dialogismov", 1), ; in a forensic sense, of the one who tries and decides a case (cf.
dikasthv", at the end): ; L T Tr WH, 58; (xviii. 2); with the genitive of quality (cf. Buttmann, sec. 132, 10; Winer's Grammar, sec. 34, 3b.),
th'"
ajdikiva", ; with the genitive of the object (a thing), an arbiter, ; of a Roman procurator administering justice, ; of God passing judgment on the character and deeds of men, and rewarding accordingly, ; ; also of Christ returning to sit in judgment, ; ; ; in a peculiar sense, of a person whose conduct is made the standard for judging another and convicting him of wrong: with the genitive of the object (a person), ; .2. like the Hebrew fpevo, of the leaders or rulers of the Israelites: (,f; ; f,24, etc.).*