- a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- a person appointed to decide in any competition, contest, or matter at issue; authorized arbiter: the judges of a beauty contest.
- a person qualified to pass a critical judgment: a good judge of horses.
- an administrative head of Israel in the period between the death of Joshua and the accession to the throne by Saul.
- (especially in rural areas) a county official with supervisory duties, often employed part-time or on an honorary basis.
- to pass legal judgment on; pass sentence on (a person): The court judged him guilty.
- to hear evidence or legal arguments in (a case) in order to pass judgment; adjudicate; try: The Supreme Court is judging that case.
- to form a judgment or opinion of; decide upon critically: You can't judge a book by its cover.
- to decide or settle authoritatively; adjudge: The censor judged the book obscene and forbade its sale.
- to infer, think, or hold as an opinion; conclude about or assess: He judged her to be correct.
- to make a careful guess about; estimate: We judged the distance to be about four miles.
- (of the ancient Hebrew judges) to govern.
- to act as a judge; pass judgment: No one would judge between us.
- to form an opinion or estimate: I have heard the evidence and will judge accordingly.
- to make a mental judgment.
- a public official with authority to hear cases in a court of law and pronounce judgment upon them
- a person who is appointed to determine the result of contests or competitions
- a person qualified to comment critically
- a leader of the peoples of Israel from Joshua's death to the accession of Saul
- to hear and decide upon (a case at law)
- to pass judgment on; sentence
- to decide or deem (something) after inquiry or deliberation
- to determine the result of (a contest or competition)
- to appraise (something) critically
- to believe (something) to be the case; suspect
