Sentence

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

A-1krimaNounG2917

"a judgment," a decision passed on the faults of others, is used especially of God's judgment upon men, and translated "sentence" in 2Pe 2:3, RV (AV, "judgment"). See JUDGMENT, No. 2.

A-2katadikeNounG2613

"a judicial sentence, condemnation," is translated "sentence" in Act 25:15, RV (AV, "judgment"); some mss. have dike.

A-3apokrimaNounG610

is translated "sentence" in 2Co 1:9, AV (RV, "answer"). See ANSWER, No. 2.

B-1krinoVerbG2919

"to judge, to adjudge," is translated "(my) sentence is" in Act 15:19, AV, RV, "(my) judgment is," lit., "I (ego, emphatic) judge," introducing the substance or draft of a resolution. See JUDGE, B, No. 1.

B-2epikrinoVerbG1948

"to give sentence," is used in Luk 23:24.