δίκαιος, -α, -ον (δίκη), [in LXX chiefly for צַדִּיק (for rendering of צַדִּיק in sense of correct, see Deiss., BS, 115 f.); sometimes for נָקִי as Pro.1:11, al. ;] in early Gk. writers (a) of persons, observant of δίκη, custom, rule, right, righteous in performing duties to gods and men ; (b) of things, righteous, in accordance with right. In NT 1. righteous, chiefly in the broad sense, as above, of the person or thing corresponding to the Divine standard of right (a) of persons: of God, Rom.3:26, 1Jn.2:29 Jn 3:7; of Christ, Act.3:14 7:52 22:14, 1Pe.3:18, 1Jn.2:1; of men, Mat.1:19 (Abbott, Essays, 75 f.) Mat.10:41 13:17, 43 13:49, Luk.1:6, 17, Rom.5:7, 1Ti.1:9, Jas.5:6, 1Pe.3:12, 1Jn.3:7, Rev.22:11, al.; δ. καὶ εὐλαβής, Luk.2:25; ἅγιος, Mrk.6:20; ἀγαθός, Luk.23:50; φοβούμενος τ. θεόν, Act.10:22; opposite to ἀμαρτωλοὶ καὶ ἀσεβεῖς, 1Pe.4:18; ἄδικοι, Mat.5:45, Act.24:15; δ. ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.1:17, Gal.3:11, Heb.10:38" (LXX) ; δ. παρὰ τ. θεῷ, Rom.2:13 (b) of things: ἔργα δ., opposite to πονηρὰ, 1Jn.3:12; ἐντολή, Rom.7:12; metaphorically, αἷμα, Mat.23:35; τὸ δ., Luk.12:57; δ. ἐστιν, Act.4:19, Eph.6:1, Php.1:7; ὅ, Mat.20:4; ὅσα, Php.4:8 2. In narrower sense (a) of persons, as in later cl. writers, just, rendering to each his due: Tit.1:8, 1Jn.1:9; δ. κριτής, 2Ti.4:8 (b) of things: τὸ δ., Col.4:1; δ., sc. ἐστιν, 2Th.1:6; κρίσις δ., Jhn.5:30; ὁδοί, Rev.15:3 SYN.: ἀγαθός (which see), καλός, χρηστός (Cremer, 183, 690). (AS)
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G1342 — δίκαιος
dikaios · just · Greek
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Matthew 1:19 · δίκαιοςand Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.Matthew 5:45 · δικαίουςthat ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.Matthew 9:13 · δικαίουςbut having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.’Matthew 10:41 · δίκαιον · δικαίου · δικαίουhe who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward,Matthew 13:17 · δίκαιοιfor verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.Matthew 13:43 · δίκαιοι‘Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.Matthew 13:49 · δικαίωνso shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,Matthew 20:4 · δίκαιονand to these he said, Go ye—also ye—to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you;Matthew 23:28 · δίκαιοι,so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.Matthew 23:29 · δικαίων‘Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,Matthew 23:35 · δίκαιον · δικαίουthat on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:Matthew 25:37 · δίκαιοι‘Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?Matthew 25:46 · δίκαιοιAnd these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.’Matthew 27:19 · δικαίῳAnd as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, ‘Nothing—to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.’Mark 2:17 · δικαίουςAnd Jesus, having heard, saith to them, ‘They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.’Mark 6:20 · δίκαιονfor Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.Luke 1:6 · δίκαιοιand they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,Luke 1:17 · δικαίων,and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.’Luke 2:25 · δίκαιοςAnd lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name is Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,Luke 5:32 · δικαίουςI came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.’Luke 12:57 · δίκαιον;‘And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?Luke 14:14 · δικαίων.¶and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.’Luke 15:7 · δικαίοις‘I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.Luke 18:9 · δίκαιοιAnd he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:Luke 20:20 · δικαίουςAnd, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,Luke 23:47 · δίκαιοςAnd the centurion having seen what was done, did glorify God, saying, ‘Really this man was righteous;’Luke 23:50 · δίκαιος·And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous,John 5:30 · δικαία‘I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.John 7:24 · δικαίανjudge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.’John 17:25 · δίκαιε,‘Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me,Acts 3:14 · δίκαιονand ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man—a murderer—to be granted to you,Acts 4:19 · δίκαιόνand Peter and John answering unto them said, ‘Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;Acts 7:52 · δικαίου,which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,Acts 10:22 · δίκαιοςAnd they said, ‘Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.’Acts 22:14 · δίκαιονand he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,Acts 24:15 · δικαίωνhaving hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;Romans 1:17 · δίκαιοςFor the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, ‘And the righteous one by faith shall live,’Romans 2:13 · δίκαιοιfor not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous:—Romans 3:10 · δίκαιοςaccording as it hath been written—‘There is none righteous, not even one;Romans 3:26 · δίκαιονfor the shewing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who is of the faith of Jesus.Romans 5:7 · δικαίουfor scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;Romans 5:19 · δίκαιοιfor as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.Romans 7:12 · δικαίαso that the law, indeed, is holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.Galatians 3:11 · δίκαιοςand that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because ‘The righteous by faith shall live;’Ephesians 6:1 · δίκαιον.The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;Philippians 1:7 · δίκαιονaccording as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.Philippians 4:8 · δίκαια,As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as are grave, as many as are righteous, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely, as many as are of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;Colossians 4:1 · δίκαιονThe masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.2 Thessalonians 1:5 · δικαίαςa token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,2 Thessalonians 1:6 · δίκαιονsince it is a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you—trouble,1 Timothy 1:9 · δικαίῳhaving known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers,2 Timothy 4:8 · δίκαιοςhenceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord—the Righteous Judge—shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.Titus 1:8 · δίκαιον,but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,Hebrews 10:38 · δίκαιόςand ‘the righteous by faith shall live,’ and ‘if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,’Hebrews 11:4 · δίκαιοςby faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.Hebrews 12:23 · δικαίωνto the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,James 5:6 · δίκαιον·ye did condemn—ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.James 5:16 · δικαίουBe confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;1 Peter 3:12 · δικαίους,because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears—to their supplication, and the face of the Lord is upon those doing evil;’1 Peter 3:18 · δίκαιοςbecause also Christ once for sin did suffer—righteous for unrighteous—that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,1 Peter 4:18 · δίκαιοςAnd if the righteous man is scarcely saved, the ungodly and sinner—where shall he appear?2 Peter 1:13 · δίκαιονand I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding you,2 Peter 2:7 · δίκαιονand righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct in lasciviousness of the impious, He did rescue,2 Peter 2:8 · δίκαιος · δικαίανfor in seeing and hearing, the righteous man, dwelling among them, day by day the righteous soul with unlawful works was harassing.1 John 1:9 · δίκαιοςif we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;1 John 2:1 · δίκαιον,My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,1 John 2:29 · δίκαιόςif ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.1 John 3:7 · δίκαιός · δίκαιόςLittle children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,1 John 3:12 · δίκαια.¶not as Cain—of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.Revelation 15:3 · δίκαιαιand they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, ‘Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of saints,Revelation 16:5 · δίκαιοςand I heard the messenger of the waters, saying, ‘righteous, O Lord, art Thou, who art, and who wast, and who shalt be, because these things Thou didst judge,Revelation 16:7 · δίκαιαιand I heard another out of the altar, saying, ‘Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments.’Revelation 19:2 · δίκαιαιbecause true and righteous are His judgments, because He did judge the great whore who did corrupt the earth in her whoredom, and He did avenge the blood of His servants at her hand;’Revelation 22:11 · δίκαιοςhe who is unrighteous—let him be unrighteous still, and he who is filthy—let him be filthy still, and he who is righteous—let him be declared righteous still, and he who is sanctified—let him be sanctified still: