to judge
Krino is used for judging or trying a matter, evaluating people or conduct, and reaching a decision.
The supplied verses most often use the verb for judicial judgment: trying cases, judging persons or the world, or being judged. It also marks evaluative assessment, whether proper or improper, and denotes reaching a settled decision or decree.
Senses in use
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Judging or trying persons and cases · dominant
In Acts 25:10, the present passive infinitive occurs where Paul says he must be judged before Caesar's judgment seat; Acts 25:9 similarly asks whether he is willing to be judged in Jerusalem. Future active forms describe judging the living and the dead in 1 Peter 4:5 and 2 Timothy 4:1, while 1 Corinthians 6:2 places the world under judgment.
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Assessing conduct or claims · common
The plural aorist imperative in 1 Corinthians 10:15 calls its hearers to assess what is asserted, and 1 Corinthians 11:13 asks them to assess whether a woman's uncovered prayer is proper. In John 7:24, plural present imperatives contrast judging according to appearance with judging a just judgment; James 4:11 warns that judging a brother also judges the law in the verse's argument.
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Deciding or determining a course · occasional
In 1 Corinthians 2:2, the first-person aorist active form introduces a determination to know only Jesus Christ and him crucified. Acts 15:19 states a speaker's judgment not to trouble Gentiles turning to God, and Acts 16:4 calls the transmitted decrees things that had been decided. Acts 20:16 likewise reports that Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “judge” and “judged,” including courtroom settings and evaluations, but also uses “decided,” “determined,” and “on trial” where the clause concerns a settled decision or legal proceeding. These English expressions show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed equivalents.