Quick Definition
ἀπόκριμα, ατος, τό n.n. an answer, a judicial decision
Strong's Definition
from 611 (in its original sense of judging); a judicial decision
KJV Usage: sentence
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | κρίνω
56.26 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Judge, Condemn, Acquit
decision, verdict an official decision, frequently involving a legal verdict In 2CO 1:9 ἀπόκριμα is used figuratively; no actual official decision had been made, but in view of all of the difficulties which Paul and his colleagues had suffered, it seemed as though such an official decision had been rendered.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπό-κριμα, -ros, τό, (ἀποκρίνομαι, q. Vv.in amoxpive), an answer: 2 Co. i. 9, where the meaning is, ‘On asking myself whether I should come out safe from mortal peril, I answered, “I must die.”’ (Joseph. antt. 14, 10, 6 of an answer (rescript) of the Roman senate; [similarly in Polyb. exept. Vat. 12, 26°, 1].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπόκριμα apokrima 1x
a judicial sentence, 2 Cor. 1:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀπό-κριμα, -τος, τό
(< ἀποκρίνω);
prop., a judicial sentence: II Co 1:9, R, mg.
an answer (v. Thayer, s.v.): II Co 1:9, R, txt. (In FlJ, Ant., xiv, 10, 6, of a rescript of the Senate; in Inscr. of an official decision, Deiss., BS, 257; a reply to a deputation, MM, s.v.: cf. also Cremer, 375).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπόκριμα. OGIS 335% (ii/B.c.) τὰ ἀποσταλέντα ὑπ᾽ [αὐ]τῶν ἀποκρίματα and 49 καθό[τ]ι καὶ αὐτοὶ διὰ τῶν ἀποκριμάτω[ν] ἐνεφάνισαν. Still nearer in point of time to the sole NT occurrence of the word (2 Cor 19) is 7774 24 (Rhodes, A.D. 51) in which τὰ εὐκταιότατα ἀποκρίματα refer to favourable decisions of the Emperor Claudius (Deissmann, BS p. 257): cf. JG VIL. 2711 4f. (a.p. 37) προσενδεξάμενος κατὰ δωρεὰν [πρεσ]βεύσιν πρὸς τὸν Σεβαστὸν... Hvevkev ἀπόκριμα πρὸς τὸ ἔθνος πάσης [φιλαν]θρωπίας καὶ ἐλπίδων ἀγαθῶν πλῆρες. OG/S 49428 (? i/iiA.D.) joins ἐπιστολαί, ἀποκρίματα, διατάγματα: Dittenberger defines these successively in the context as dispatches addressed by the proconsul to the Emperor, the Senate, etc., replies given to deputations of provincials to him, and edicfa, or documents addressed to the people at large, and not to individuals. See also his note on Sy// 3685 (i/A.p.), where C. Stertinius, chief physician to the Imperial family, is also ἐπὶ τῶν ᾿Ἑἰλληνικῶν ἀποκριμάτων. In P Tebt II. 2861 (A.D. 121-18) ἀ. is a ‘‘rescript” of Hadrian. Paul (/.c.) may be taken as meaning that he made his distressed appeal to God, and kept in his own heart’s archives the answer— “ἀποθάνῃ τὸ δὲ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος," as we might reconstruct it.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπόκριμα (apokrima) — verdict. ἀπόκρῐμα, ατος, τό, judicial sentence, condemnation (={κατάκριμα}, [NT+5th c.AD+]
2. (from middle) answer, δοῦναί τισι[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially of the answers given by Emperors to legationes, ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν ἀ.[Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν καὶ πρεσβειῶν καὶ ἀ.[Refs] see at {Διονύσιος},[Refs 1st c.AD+]; also of a proconsul of Asia, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. b rescript, θεοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ[Refs 2nd c.AD+]