δικαίωμα, 
-τος, 
τό, (from 
δικαιόω; 
ὃ δεδικαίωται or 
τὸ δεδικαιωμένον), 
Sept. very often for 
חֹק, 
חֻקָה, and 
מִשְׁפָּט; for 
מִצְוָה, 
Deuteronomy 30:16; 
1 Kings 2:3; plural occasionally for 
פִּקּוּדִים;
1. that which has been deemed right so as to have the force of law;
a. what has been established and ordained by law, an ordinance: universally, of an appointment of God having the force of law, 
Romans 1:32; plural used of the divine precepts of the Mosaic law: 
τοῦ κυρίου, 
Luke 1:6; 
τοῦ νόμου, 
Romans 2:26; 
τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, collectively, of the (moral) precepts of the same law, 
Romans 8:4; 
δικαιώματα λατρείας, precepts concerning the public worship of God, 
Hebrews 9:1; 
δικαιώματα σαρκός, laws respecting bodily purity [(?) cf. 
Hebrews 7:16], 
Hebrews 9:10.
b. a judicial decision, sentence; 
of God — either the favorable judgment by which he acquits men and declares them acceptable to him, 
Romans 5:16; or unfavorable: 
sentence of condemnation, Revelation 15:4, (
punishment, Plato, legg. 9, 864 e.).
2. a righteous act or 
deed: 
τὰ δικαιώματα τῶν ἁγίων, 
Revelation 19:8 (
τῶν πατέρων, Baruch 2:19); 
ἑνὸς δικαίωμα, the righteous act of one (Christ) in his giving himself up to death, opposed to the first sin of Adam, 
Romans 5:18 (Aristotle, eth. Nic. 5, 7, 7, p. 1135
a, 12f 
καλεῖται δέ μᾶλλον δικαιοπράγημα τὸ κοινόν, 
δικαίωμα δὲ τὸ ἐπανόρθωμα τοῦ ἀδικήματος [cf. rhet. 1, 13, 1 and Cope's note on 1, 3, 9]). [Cf. references in 
δικαιόω.] 
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