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κριτής — Luke 18:2 judicial office

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SEMANTIC_USAGE_OCCURRENCEUSAGE_G2923_LUK_18_2
Curation State
CURATED
Release Introduced
v45
Language
Greek
Lemma
κριτής
Strong Id
G2923
Lemma Keys
[
    "κριτής",
    "G2923"
]
Evidence Layers
[
    {
        "id": "BIBLICAL_HEBREW_GREEK",
        "role": "textual_corpus"
    }
]
Source Ids
[
    "SRC_SBLGNT",
    "SRC_KJV1769"
]
Source Reference
Luke 18:2
Date Range
{
    "label": "1st century CE composition context",
    "certainty": "broad"
}
Original Language
Greek
Attested Form
Κριτής
Original Excerpt
Κριτής τις ἦν ἔν τινι πόλει
Translation
{
    "text": "There was a certain judge in a city",
    "responsibility": "Berean Archive working context translation; used only for the semantic-usage record.",
    "alignment_note": "Context-level evidence only; this record does not create a new translation-token alignment."
}
Semantic Domains
[
    {
        "id": "legal_judicial",
        "role": "primary",
        "classification": "documented fact",
        "rationale": "The noun directly names a judge in a dispute-resolution setting."
    },
    {
        "id": "civic_public_administration",
        "role": "secondary",
        "classification": "strong evidence",
        "rationale": "The judge functions as a public authority within the city."
    }
]
Evidence Strength
DIRECT_ATTESTATION
Context Summary
The parable introduces a judge whose office is exercised through petitions for legal redress.
Evidence Boundary
The parable’s theological purpose does not erase the ordinary judicial-office sense used to frame the story.
Scripture Reference
{
    "book": "LUK",
    "chapter": 18,
    "verse": "2",
    "edition": "sblgnt"
}