Lexicon dikastés: a judge Original Word: δικαστής, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: dikastés Phonetic Spelling: (dik-as-tace') Short Definition: a judge Definition: a judge. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dikazó (to judge) Definitiona judge NASB Translationjudge (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1348: δικαστήςδικαστής, δικαστοῦ, ὁ ( δικάζω), a judge, arbitrator, umpire: Luke 12:14 (here critical texts κριτήν); Acts 7:27 (from Exodus 2:14); Acts 7:35. (the Sept. for שֹׁפֵט; in Greek writings ( Aeschylus and) Herodotus on.) [SYNONYMS: δικαστής, κριτής: according to etymol. and classic usage δικαστής is the more dignified and official term; κριτής gives prominence to the mental process, whether the 'judge' be a magistrate or not. Schmidt, chapter 18, 6.]
Strong's judge. From a derivative of dike; a judger -- judge. see GREEK dike |
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