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Lexicon :: Strong's G1349 - dikē

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δίκη
Transliteration
dikē (Key)
Pronunciation
dee'-kay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from δεικνύω (G1166)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:178,168

Strong’s Definitions

†δίκη díkē, dee'-kay; probably from G1166; right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution):—judgment, punish, vengeance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1349 in the following manner: vengeance (2x), judgment (1x), punish (with G5099) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1349 in the following manner: vengeance (2x), judgment (1x), punish (with G5099) (1x).

  1. custom, usage

  2. right, just

  3. a suit at law

  4. a judicial hearing, judicial decision, esp. sentence of condemnation

  5. execution of a sentence, punishment

    1. to suffer punishment

  6. the goddess Justice, avenging justice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†δίκη díkē, dee'-kay; probably from G1166; right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution):—judgment, punish, vengeance.
STRONGS G1349:
δίκη, -ης, ἡ, [allied with δείκνυμι, Curtius, § 14], from Homer down;
1. custom, usage, [cf. Schmidt, chapter 18, 4 cf. 3].
2. right, justice.
3. a suit at law.
4. a judicial hearing, judicial decision, especially a sentence of condemnation; so in Acts 25:15 [L T Tr WH καταδίκην].
5. execution of the sentence, punishment, (Wis. 18:11; 2 Macc. 8:11): δίκην ὑπέχειν, Jude 1:7; δίκην τίνειν (Sophocles El. 298; Aj. 113; Euripides, Or. 7), to suffer punishment, 2 Thessalonians 1:9.
6. the goddess Justice, avenging justice: Acts 28:4, as in Greek writings often from Hesiod theog. 902 on; (of the avenging justice of God, personified, Wis. 1:8, etc.; cf. Grimm at the passage and commentary on 4 Macc., p. 318, [he cites 4 Macc. 4:13, 21; 8:13, 21; 9:9; 11:3; 12:12; 18:22; Philo adv. Flacc. § 18; Eusebius, h. e. 2, 6, 8]).

Related entry:
καταδίκη, -ης, ἡ;
1. damnatory sentence, condemnation: Acts 25:15 L T Tr WH; ([Epicharmus in Ath. 2, 3 p. 36 d.], Polybius, Plutarch, Irenaeus 1, 16, 3).
2. penalty, especially a fine; (Thucydides, Dem., Lucian).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
25:15; 25:15; 28:4
2 Thessalonians
1:9
Jude
1:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1349 matches the Greek δίκη (dikē),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:15 - and when I was at Jerusalem, G2414 the chief G749 priests G749 and the elders G4245 of the Jews G2453 brought G1718 charges G1718 against G4012 him, asking G154 for a sentence G6048 of condemnation G6048 against G4012 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:4 - When G5613 the [fn]natives G915 saw G3708 the creature G2342 hanging G2910 from his hand, G5495 they began saying G3004 to one G240 another, G240 “Undoubtedly G3843 this G3778 man G444 is a murderer, G5406 and though he has been saved G1295 from the sea, G2281 [fn]justice G1349 has not allowed G1439 him to live.” G2198

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:9 - These G3748 will pay G5099 the penalty G1349 of eternal G166 destruction, G3639 away G575 from the presence G4383 of the Lord G2962 and from the glory G1391 of His power, G2479

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - just G5613 as Sodom G4670 and Gomorrah G1116 and the cities G4172 around G4012 them, since they in the same G3664 way G5158 as these G3778 indulged G1608 in gross G1608 immorality G1608 and went G565 after G3694 [fn]strange G2087 flesh, G4561 are exhibited G4295 as an [fn]example G1164 in undergoing G5254 the punishment G1349 of eternal G166 fire. G4442
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