Dikaios

dik'-ah-yos
Parts of Speech Adjective

Dikaios Definition

  1. righteous, observing divine laws
    1. in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God
      1. of those who seem to themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves in their virtues, whether real or imagined
      2. innocent, faultless, guiltless
      3. used of him whose way of thinking, feeling, and acting is wholly conformed to the will of God, and who therefore needs no rectification in the heart or life 1a
    2. only Christ truly
      1. approved of or acceptable of God
    3. in a narrower sense, rendering to each his due and that in a judicial sense, passing just judgment on others, whether expressed in words or shown by the manner of dealing with them
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
divkaioß
Origin
from (1349)
Strong's Number
1342
TDNT Entry
2:182,168

KJV Word Usage

righteous
41
just
33
right
5
meet
2
Total
81

KJV Verse Count

16
2
11
3
6
7
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
3
2
3
3
5
5
Total
76
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Dikaios". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .