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judgment, a matter, a law-suit. Primary meaning: judgment, a matter, a law-suit, a case. Strong's: a decision (the function or the effect, for or against ("crime")). Lexical nuances: the issue of a judicial process, hence, judgment , the decision passed on the faults of others: Mt 7:2 ; in forensic sense, c. gen. pun., Lk 24:20 ; esp. of the judgment of God, Ro 2:2 5:16 11:33 ( ICC , in l.), II Pe 2:3 , Ju 4 ; κ. λαμβάι εσθαι , Mt 23:13 (Rec., R, mg.), Mk 12:40 , Lk 20:47 , Ro 13:2 , Ja 3:1 ; ἔχειν , I Ti 5:12 ; βαστάζειν , Ga 5:10 ; ἐσθίειν ἑαυτῷ , I Co 11:29 ; εἰς κ. συνέ...

judgment, justice, ordinance, right. Justice, judicial verdict, case law; encompasses retributive justice against wickedness and protective advocacy for vulnerable (orphan, widow, alien).

judgment, court, judicial sentence. Judgment, heavenly court of justice; 'The court sat, and the books were opened' (Daniel 7:10, 22).

judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice. Legal cause, lawsuit, judgment; defending the right of the fatherless and poor (Jeremiah 22:16).

an ordinance, a sentence, of acquittal. Primary meaning: an ordinance, a sentence, of acquittal, of condemnation. Strong's: an equitable deed; by implication, a statute or decision. Lexical nuances: a concrete expression of righteousness, the expression and result of the act of δικαίωσις , "a declaration that a thing is δίκαιον , or that a person is δίκαιος ," hence, an ordinance : δ. τ. θεοῦ , Ro 1:32 ; τ. κυρίου , Lk 1:6 ; τ. νόμου , Ro 2:26 8:4 ; λατρείας , He 9:1 ; σαρκός , He 9:10 ; a sentence : of acquittal , Ro 5:16 (also 5:18 ; ICC , in l.), or of condemnation ; a righteous act : R...

a seperating, selection, a decision. Primary meaning: a seperating, selection, a decision, judgment. Strong's: decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law). Lexical nuances: a seperating , selection (Arist., al.)

a judge. Primary meaning: a judge. Strong's: a judge (genitive case or specially). Lexical nuances: a judge : Mt 5:25 , Lk 12:14 , 58 18:2 ; τ. ἀδικίας , Lk 18:6 ; c. gen. rei (obj.), Ac 18:15 , Ja 4:11 ; (qual.), διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν , Ja 2:4 ; of a Roman procurator, Ac 24:10 ; of God, He 12:23 , Ja 4:12 ; Christ, Ac 10:42 , II Ti 4:8 , Ja 5:9 ; of those whose conduct is made a standard for judging, Mt 12:27 , Lk 11:19 ; in the OT sense ( Jg 2:16 , Ru 1:1 , al), of a ruler in Israel, Ac 13:20 .†

to act wickedly, condemn, be guilty. To be in the wrong, act wickedly, pronounce guilty in court; contrasted with justifying the innocent (Hiphil: hirshia).

to judge, govern, deliver, administer justice. To exercise governance, vindicate the wronged, deliver from oppressors, pronounce legal sentence; office of the Judges.

to remain, be left over, survive. To be left over, survive judgment; origin of doctrine of the Remnant preserved by mercy through exile and catastrophe.

to, separate, select. Primary meaning: to, separate, select, choose. Strong's: by implication, to try, condemn, punish. Lexical nuances: to separate , select , choose (cl.; in LXX: II Mac 13:15 ). to approve , esteem : Ro 14:5 . to be of opinion , judge , think : Lk 7:43 , I Co 11:13 ; seq. τοῦτο ὅτι , II Co 5:14 ; c. acc. et inf., Ac 16:15 ; c. acc. et pred., Ac 13:46 26:8 . to decide , determine , decree : c. acc., Ac 16:4 , Ro 14:13 , I Co 7:37 , II Co 2:1 ; c. inf. (Field, Notes , 167), Ac 20:16 25:25 , I Co 2:2 5:3 , Tit 3:...

to denounce, express indignant fury. To denounce with solemn curse, execute indignant judgment against godless defiance (Numbers 23:7, Malachi 1:4).

to judge, plead cause, contend, govern. To act as judge, champion the cause of the oppressed, vindicate the helpless ('The LORD will judge His people', Deuteronomy 32:36).

wicked, guilty, ungodly. Wicked, guilty, hostile to God and community; one condemned in judgment, living in active rebellion against divine Torah.

day, epoch, time (Yom YHWH). Day, solar cycle, appointed epoch; supremely the 'Day of the LORD' (Yom YHWH), the decisive eschatological intervention of God in cosmic judgment and salvation.

fire, flame, consuming judgment. Fire; physical combustion and theophanic symbol of divine holiness, presence, and consuming judgment ('consuming fire', Deuteronomy 4:24).

indignation, curse, holy rage. Indignation, furious curse; outpoured wrath of God during day of judgment (Isaiah 10:5, Habakkuk 3:12).

burden, prophetic oracle, solemn pronouncement. Burden; prophetic pronouncement of weight and impending divine judgment against nations (Isaiah 13:1, Nahum 1:1, Malachi 1:1).

cursed, doomed, under divine ban. Passive participle of arar; under divine curse and judicial condemnation for breach of holy order.

vengeance, vindication, retributive justice. Vengeance, retributive justice; exclusive divine prerogative to right moral wrongs and vindicate oppressed saints ('Vengeance is Mine, I will repay', Deuteronomy 32:35).

sin, fault, guilt, penalty. Sin, moral delinquency, liability to punishment before the divine tribunal; frequently bears capital sentence ('sin unto death').

to visit, attend to, appoint, punish. To attend to, inspect, muster, appoint, visit; used of God visiting His people in gracious deliverance or judicial reckoning of iniquity.

to act vanity, become futile. To become empty, follow idols into delusion; 'they followed vanity and became vain' (2 Kings 17:15, Jeremiah 2:5).

to die, perish, execute. To die, perish, be put to death; solemn judicial consequence of human rebellion announced in Eden ('in the day you eat you shall surely die', mot tamut).

plague, pestilence, divine blow. Plague, fatal epidemic, divine judicial slaughter against covenant disobedience (Numbers 14:37, 16:48, 2 Samuel 24:21).

to curse, bind with a curse. To bind with a curse, pronounce judicial ban; applied to serpent and ground in Genesis 3, and to covenant breakers under law.

to avenge, take vengeance, punish. To punish moral evil, vindicate blood of innocent martyrs, execute justice.

Ancient (Attiq Yomin = Ancient of Days). Ancient, venerable, aged; the sublime divine title ʿAttîq Yômîn ('Ancient of Days', Daniel 7:9, 13, 22), depicting God's eternal majesty presiding over cosmic judgment.

wrath, fury, heat, burning rage. Heat, venom, burning fury; intense divine moral indignation against persistent covenant rebellion and idolatry (Ezekiel 36:18).

impulse, propensity, disposition. Primary meaning: impulse, propensity, disposition, anger. Strong's: properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment. Lexical nuances: impulse , propensity , disposition .

curse, execration. Curse, divine penalty for covenant unfaithfulness in Deuteronomy 28:20 and Proverbs 3:33.

devoted thing, ban, utter destruction. That which is irrevocably dedicated to God, ban of utter destruction; in holy war, complete consecration of pagan enemy to divine judgment without private plunder.

curse, execration, covenant sanction. Curse, reviling, divine penalty; solemn negative sanction threatened against unfaithful covenant breakers in Deuteronomy 28.

violence, cruelty, lawlessness, wrong. Violent wrongdoing, malicious injustice, brutal lawlessness; triggered global destruction of Flood (Genesis 6:11).

oath, curse, covenant execration. Solemn sworn curse attending covenant ratification; self-malediction invoked upon failure to maintain covenant obligations.

pestilence, fatal epidemic, plague. Pestilence; part of prophetic triad of covenant curses (sword, famine, pestilence) sent to punish apostasy (Jeremiah 24:10).