ἀδικία, 
-ας, 
ἡ (
ἄδικος) [from Herodotus down]; 
1. injustice, of a judge: 
Luke 18:6; 
Romans 9:14. 
2. unrighteousness of heart and life; 
a. universally: 
Matthew 23:25 Griesbach; 
Acts 8:23 (see 
σύνδεσμος); 
Romans 1:18, 
29; 
Romans 2:8; 
Romans 6:13; 
2 Timothy 2:19; opposed to 
ἡ ἀλήθεια, 
1 Corinthians 13:6; 
2 Thessalonians 2:12; opposed to 
ἡ δικαιοσύνη, 
Romans 3:5; 
Hebrews 1:9 Tdf.; owing to the context, the 
guilt of unrighteousness, 
1 John 1:9; 
ἀπάτη τῆς ἀδικίας deceit which unrighteousness uses, 
2 Thessalonians 2:10; 
μισθὸς ἀδικίας reward (i. e., penalty) due to unrighteousness, 
2 Peter 2:13 [see 
ἀδικέω, 2 b. at the end]. 
b. specifically, unrighteousness by which others are deceived: 
John 7:18 (opposed to 
ἀληθής); 
μαμωνᾶς τῆς ἀδικίας deceitful riches, 
Luke 16:9 (cf. 
ἀπάτη τοῦ πλούτου, 
Matthew 13:22; others think 'riches wrongly acquired'; [others, riches apt to be used unrighteously; cf. 
Matthew 13:8 and Meyer at the passage]); 
κόσμος τῆς ἀδικίας, a phrase having reference to sins of the tongue, 
James 3:6 (cf. 
κόσμος, 
James 3:8); 
treachery, 
Luke 16:8 (
οἰκονόμος τῆς ἀδικίας [others take it generally, 'acting unrighteously']). 
3. a deed violating law and justice, act of unrighteousness: 
πᾶσα ἀδικία ἁμαρτία ἐστί, 
1 John 5:17; 
ἐργάται τῆς ἀδικίας, 
Luke 13:27 αἱ ἀδικίαι iniquities, misdeeds, 
Hebrews 8:12 (from the 
Sept. Jeremiah 38 (
Jeremiah 31:34); cf. 
Daniel 4:20 (
Daniel 4:24)); 
μισθὸς ἀδικίας reward obtained by wrong-doing, 
Acts 1:18; 
2 Peter 2:15; specifically, the wrong of depriving another of what is his, 
2 Corinthians 12:13 (where a favor is ironically called 
ἀδικία). 
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