STRONGS G2922:
													
												
									    		κριτήριον, 
κριτηρίου, 
τό (from 
κριτηρ, equivalent to 
κριτής); 
1. properly, 
the instrument or means of trying or judging anything; the rule by which one judges (
Plato, 
Plutarch, others). 
2. the place where judgment is given; the tribunal of a judge; a bench of judges: plural, 
1 Corinthians 6:2; 
James 2:6 (the 
Sept.; 
Plato, 
Polybius, 
Plutarch, others). 
3. in an exceptional usage, 
the matter judged, thing to be decided, suit, case: plural 
1 Corinthians 6:4 (this sense is denied by many; cf. e. g. Meyer on 
1 Corinthians 6:2). 
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