King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1348
Transliteration: dikastēs
Phonetic Spelling: (dik-as-tace')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a judge
Meaning: a judge
δικαστής, 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.]
Word Summary
dikastēs: a judge
Original Word: δικαστήςTransliteration: dikastēs
Phonetic Spelling: (dik-as-tace')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a judge
Meaning: a judge
Strong's Concordance
judge. From a derivative of dike; a judger -- judge.
see GREEK dike
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.)