Acts 17:31

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
διότι
G1360
dioti
on the very account that, or inasmuch as
  • on this account that, because
  • "for
ἔστησεν
G2476 V-2AAI-3S
histēmi
to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
  • to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set
    • to bid to stand by, [set up
    • in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges, before members of the Sanhedrin;
    • "to place
    to make firm, fix establish
    • to cause a person or a thing to keep his or its place
    • "to stand, be kept intact (of family, a kingdom), to escape in safety"to establish a thing, cause it to stand
      • to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything
    to set or place in a balance
    • to weigh: money to one (because in very early times before the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed)
to stand
  • to stand by or near
    • to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm
      • of the foundation of a building
    to stand
    • continue safe and sound, stand unharmed, to stand ready or prepared
    • "to be of a steadfast mind"of quality, one who does not hesitate, does not waiver
ἡμέραν
G2250 N-ASF
hēmera
day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
  • the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night
    • in the daytime
    • "metaphorically, ___%___the day___%___ is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness
    of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night)"of the last day of this present age, the day Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom"used of time in general, i.e., the days of his life.
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
G3739 R-DSF
hos
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
  • who, which, what, that
μέλλει
G3195 V-PAI-3S
mellō
to intend, i.e., be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation)
  • to be about
    • to be on the point of doing or suffering something
    • "to intend, have in mind, think to
κρίνειν
G2919 V-PAN
krinō
by implication, to try, condemn, punish
  • to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose
  • "to approve, esteem, to prefer"to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion"to determine, resolve, decree"to judge
    • to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong
      • to be judged, i.e., summoned to trial that one's case may be examined and judgment passed upon it
      to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure
      • of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others
    to rule, govern
    • to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to pass judgment
    to contend together, of warriors and combatants
    • to dispute
    • "in a forensic sense
      • to go to law, have suit at law
τὴν
G3588 T-ASF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
οἰκουμένην
G3625 N-ASF
oikoumenē
land, i.e., the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire
  • the inhabited earth
    • the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians
    • "the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire"the whole inhabited earth, the world"the inhabitants of the earth, men
    the universe, the world
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
δικαιοσύνῃ
G1343 N-DSF
dikaiosynē
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
  • in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God
    • the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of God
    • "integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting
    in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
ἀνδρὶ
G435 N-DSM
anēr
a man (properly as an individual male)
  • with reference to sex
    • of a male
    • "of a husband"of a betrothed or future husband
    with reference to age, and to distinguish an adult man from a boy"any male"used generically of a group of both men and women
G3739 R-DSM
hos
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
  • who, which, what, that
ὥρισεν
G3724 V-AAI-3S
horizō
to mark out or bound (___%___horizon___%___), i.e., (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify
  • to define
    • to mark out the boundaries or limits (of any place or thing)
    • "to determine, appoint
      • that which has been determined, according to appointment, decree
      • "to ordain, determine, appoint
πίστιν
G4102 N-ASF
pistis
persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
  • conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the New Testament of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it
    • relating to God
      • the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ
      relating to Christ
      • a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God
      the religious beliefs of Christians"belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same
    fidelity, faithfulness
    • the character of one who can be relied on
παρασχὼν
G3930 V-2AAP-NSM
parechō
to hold near, i.e., present, afford, exhibit, furnish occasion
  • to reach forth, offer
  • "to show, afford, supply"to be the authors of, or to cause one to have
    • to give, bring, cause one something either favorable or unfavorable, to occasion
    to offer, show or present one's self"to exhibit or offer on one's own part
    • to render or afford from one's own resources or by one's own power
πᾶσιν
G3956 A-DPM
pas
all, any, every, the whole
  • individually
    • each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything
    collectively
    • some of all types
ἀναστήσας
G450 V-2AAP-NSM
anistēmi
to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
  • to cause to rise up, raise up
    • raise up from laying down
    • "to raise up from the dead"to raise up, cause to be born, to cause to appear, bring forward
    to rise, stand up
    • of persons lying down, of persons lying on the ground
    • "of persons seated"of those who leave a place to go elsewhere
      • of those who prepare themselves for a journey
      of the dead
    at arise, appear, stand forth
    • of kings prophets, priests, leaders of insurgents
    • "of those about to enter into conversation or dispute with anyone, or to undertake some business, or attempt something against others"to rise up against any one
αὐτὸν
G846 P-ASM
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
  • "he, she, it"the same
ἐκ
G1537 PREP
ek
a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote)
  • out of, from, by, away from
νεκρῶν
G3498 A-GPM
nekros
dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
  • properly
    • one that has breathed his last, lifeless
    • "deceased, departed, one whose soul is in Hades"destitute of life, without life, inanimate
    metaphorically
    • spiritually dead
      • destitute of a life that recognizes and is devoted to God, because given up to trespasses and sins
      • "inactive as respects doing right
      destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative

διότι ἔστησεν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν ἀναστήσας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν
31
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Cross References

2 Peter 3:7

οἱ δὲ νῦν οὐρανοὶ καὶ γῆ τῷ αὐτῷ λόγῳ τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶν πυρί τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων
7
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

Romans 2:16

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρίνει θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

Matthew 25:31

Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι ἄγγελοι μετ' αὐτοῦ τότε καθίσει ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης αὐτοῦ·
31
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

Psalms 9:8

וְהוּא יִשְׁפֹּֽט-תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק יָדִין לְאֻמִּים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃
8
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Psalms 98:9

לִפְֽנֵי יְהוָה כִּי בָא לִשְׁפֹּט הָאָרֶץ יִשְׁפֹּֽט-תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק וְעַמִּים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃
9
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

2 Corinthians 5:10

τοὺς γὰρ πάντας ἡμᾶς φανερωθῆναι δεῖ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἵνα κομίσηται ἕκαστος τὰ διὰ τοῦ σώματος πρὸς ἔπραξεν εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε κακόν
10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

1 Corinthians 4:5

ὥστε μὴ πρὸ καιροῦ τι κρίνετε ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ κύριος ὃς καὶ φωτίσει τὰ κρυπτὰ τοῦ σκότους καὶ φανερώσει τὰς βουλὰς τῶν καρδιῶν· καὶ τότε ἔπαινος γενήσεται ἑκάστῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ
5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the the Lord come, who both will bring to light hidden things of the darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

1 Corinthians 15:3

παρέδωκα γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐν πρώτοις καὶ παρέλαβον ὅτι Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν κατὰ τὰς γραφάς
3
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins to according the scriptures;

Romans 2:5

κατὰ δὲ τὴν σκληρότητά σου καὶ ἀμετανόητον καρδίαν θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ ὀργὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ θεοῦ
5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Acts 4:10

γνωστὸν ἔστω πᾶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ Ἰσραὴλ ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου ὃν ὑμεῖς ἐσταυρώσατε ὃν θεὸς ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐν τούτῳ οὗτος παρέστηκεν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ὑγιής
10
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this here man stand before you whole.

Psalms 96:13

לִפְנֵי יְהוָה׀ כִּי בָא כִּי בָא לִשְׁפֹּט הָאָרֶץ יִשְׁפֹּֽט-תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק וְעַמִּים בֶּאֱמוּנָתֽוֹ׃
13
Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Acts 10:39

καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν μάρτυρες πάντων ὧν ἐποίησεν ἔν τε τῇ χώρᾳ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ ὃν ἀνεῖλον κρεμάσαντες ἐπὶ ξύλου
39
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

John 5:22

οὐδὲ γὰρ πατὴρ κρίνει οὐδένα ἀλλὰ τὴν κρίσιν πᾶσαν δέδωκεν τῷ υἱῷ
22
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

Jude 1:14

προεφήτευσεν δὲ καὶ τούτοις ἕβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ Ἑνὼχ λέγων Ἰδού ἦλθεν Κύριος ἐν μυριάσιν ἁγίαις αὐτοῦ
14
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

Matthew 10:15

ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται γῇ Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόῤῥων ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ
15
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Romans 14:9

εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ Χριστὸς καὶ ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἀνέζησεν ἵνα καὶ νεκρῶν καὶ ζώντων κυριεύσῃ
9
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

Acts 2:23

τοῦτον τῇ ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ ἔκδοτον λαβόντες διὰ χειρῶν ἀνόμων προσπήξαντες ἀνείλετε
23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

2 Timothy 4:1

Διαμαρτύρομαι οὖν ἐγὼ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ μέλλοντος κρίνειν ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ·
1
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

Acts 3:15

τὸν δὲ ἀρχηγὸν τῆς ζωῆς ἀπεκτείνατε ὃν θεὸς ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν οὗ ἡμεῖς μάρτυρές ἐσμεν
15
the And killed Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

Acts 2:32

τοῦτον τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀνέστησεν θεός οὗ πάντες ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν μάρτυρες·
32
This Jesus hath up, God raised whereof we all are witnesses.