ἐπι-κρίνω [κρῑ],
fut. -κρῐνῶ (v.infr.): -
I
1. decide, determine, τι Pl. Lg. 768a; τὸ πλεῖον καὶ τοὔλαττον D.H. 3.29; περί τινος Decr. ap. D. 18.38; τοῦ ἐπικρινοῦντος δέοι ἄν Pl. R. 524e: c. inf., ἐπέκρινε γενέσθαι τὸ αἴτημα αὐτῶν [Luk 23:24]; ἐ. τί διαφέρει what is the difference, Arist. de An. 431a20; τὸ ἐπικρῖνον the deciding power, Id. Insomn. 461b25; also, principle of selection, rule of life, Epicur. Nat. 125G.; adjudge, inflict, θάνατόν τινι LXX [2Ma 4:47]: - Pass., μέχρις ἂν ἐπικριθῇ αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τῶν ἱερέων ἢ ἀποδοῦναι αὐτὸν ἢ εἰσέρχεσθαι until the judges determine whether he shall pay up or enter (without payment), SIG 1109.71, cf. PTeb. 284.2 (i B.C.).
2.. c.acc.pers., judge, τινά Ph. 2.380: - Pass., ib. 309.
II.
1. select, pick out, ἐξ ἑαυτῶν τὸν ἄριστον D.S. 1.75; ἐ. τινὰ ἴσον ἀδελφοῖς distinguish, esteem, Hp. Jusj.
2.. in Egypt, select by ἐπίκρισις 11 (q.v.), PGen. 19 (ii A.D.): - Pass., POxy. 39 (i A.D.).
3.. consider, πάντα ταῦτα Phld. Oec. p.63J.
III. Med., choose for oneself, pick out, βοῦν SIG 1025.17 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.).
G1948 — ἐπικρίνω
: 1 aorist ἐπεκρινα; to adjudge, approve by one's decision, decree, give sentence: followed by the accusative with an infinitive, [Luk 23:24]. (Plato, Demosthenes, Plutarch, Herodian, others.)
** ἐπι - κρίνω ,
[in LXX : 2Ma 4:47 , [3M][a 4:2] * ;]
to decree, give sentence: c . acc et inf ., [Luk 23:24]. †