Dictionary entry

κριτήριον

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κριτήριον, -ου, τό

(< κριτής), [in LXX: III Ki 7:7 (מִשְׁפָּט), Da LXX TH 7:10, TH:26, (דִּין), Su 49, Ex 21:6, Jg 5:10*;]

1. a means of judging, test, criterion.

2. a tribunal: I Co 6:2, 4, Ja 2:6.†