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Lexicon :: Strong's G1349 - dikē

Aa
δίκη
Transliteration
dikē (Key)
Pronunciation
dee'-kay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from δεικνύω (G1166)
Dictionary Aids

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 18 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 -
If I whet my glittering sword,
And my hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to mine adversaries,
And will recompense them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 -
Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:
For he will avenge the blood of his servants,
And will render vengeance to his adversaries,
And will make expiation for his land, for his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 -
I was a father to the needy:
And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 -
Why dost thou strive against him,
For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:4 -
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;
Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 -
Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me,
Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 -
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:
Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 -
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:
Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12 -
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:58 -
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:14 - I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14 - Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9 - I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
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