judge

JUDGE, noun [Latin judex, supposed to be compounded of jus, law or right, and dico, to pronounce.]1. A civil officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine causes, civil or criminal, between parties, according to his commission; as the judges of the king's bench, or of the common pleas; judges of the supreme court, of district courts, or of a county court. The judge of a court of equity is called a chancellor.2. The Supreme Being.Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? Genesis 18:25.3. One who presides in a court of judicature.4. One who has skill to decide on the merits of a question, or on the value of any thing; one who can discern truth and propriety.A man who is no judge of law, may be a good judge of poetry or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.5. In the history of Israel, a chief magistrate, with civil and military powers. The Israelites were governed by judges more than three hundred years, and the history of their transactions is called the book of Judges.6. A juryman or juror. In criminal suits, the jurors are judges of the law as well as of the fact.JUDGE, verb intransitive [Latin judico.]1. To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their agreement or disagreement, and thus to distinguish truth from falsehood.JUDGE not according to the appearance John 7:24.2. To form an opinion; to bring to issue the reasoning or deliberations of the mind.If I did not know the originals, I should not be able to judge by the copies, which was Virgil and which Ovid.3. To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to pass sentence. He was present on the bench, but could not judge in the case.The Lord judge between thee and me. Genesis 16:5.4. To discern; to distinguish; to consider accurately for the purpose of forming an opinion or conclusion.JUDGE in yourselves; is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 1 Corinthians 11:13.JUDGE, verb transitive To hear and determine a case; to examine and decide.Chaos shall judge the strife.1. To try; to examine and pass sentence on.Take ye him and judge him according to your law.John 18.God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. Ecclesiastes 3:17.2. Rightly to understand and discern.He that is spiritual, judgeth all things. 1 Corinthians 2:15.3. To censure rashly; to pass severe sentence.JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. Matthew 7:1.4. To esteem; to think; to reckon.If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord--Acts 16:15.5. To rule or govern.The Lord shall judge his people. Hebrews 10:30.6. To doom to punishment; to punish.I will judge thee according to thy ways. Ezekiel 7:3