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δίκαιος dikaios

righteous · just · right · in accordance with right

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Team definition

An adjective from δίκη. Of persons it means observant of what is right or customary toward gods and people; of things, in accordance with right. In a narrower later sense it means just, rendering each what is due. Phil 4:8 uses the neuter plural of things that are right. Other uses include persons called righteous and things such as a command, judgment, or what is right (Rom 7:12; Col 4:1; Luke 12:57). This entry does not define how a person is counted righteous.

NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 74

Senses

1. right or righteous, of things Phil 4:8, Rom 7:12, Col 4:1

2. righteous or just, of persons Matt 1:19, Rom 5:7, 1 Tim 1:9

3. just in giving what is due Titus 1:8, 2 Tim 4:8

See also

Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. δίκαιος (G1342)

Dodson CC0 1.0 G1342

Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.

Related notes

The meaning of δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ in Romans 1:17 Rom 1:17; Rom 3:21–26; Rom 10:3; Phil 3:9

δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ: grammar, construals, and the historic Protestant reading Rom 1:17

δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (3:22; cf. 3:26) Rom 3:21; Rom 3:22; Rom 3:26

καύχημα … κατὰ χάριν / κατὰ ὀφείλημα … λογίζεται εἰς δικαιοσύνην (4:2–5) Rom 4:2; Rom 4:3; Rom 4:4; Rom 4:5

σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς, σφραγῖδα τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῆς πίστεως (4:11–12) Rom 4:11; Rom 4:12

Think on these things, and practice what was seen (Philippians 4:8–9) Phil 4:8–9

The virtue list and what was seen in Paul (4:8–9) Phil 4:8; Phil 4:9