2001 Translation

DIKĒ, dikē

Sounds Like: DEE-kay

Translations: justice, right, judgment, penalty, a justice, a right, a judgment, a penalty

From the root: ΔΙΚΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the concept of justice, right, or judgment. It can also denote a penalty or punishment, especially one that is deserved. It is used to describe what is morally right or legally due, often in the context of a legal process or divine retribution.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1349 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:53, 6:11

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 4:21, 6:28, 8:22, 11:3, 12:12, 18:22
• Wisdom — 1:8, 14:31, 18:11
• Acts of the Apostles — 28:4

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 1:4
• Book Two — 1:4

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 8:268
• Book 7 — 10:254
• Book 10 — 6:90
• Book 17 — 5:95, 6:181, 11:316

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 4:15, 32:5
• Book Seven — 2:14

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 4:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 16:2, 19:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 21:20
• 2 Maccabees — 8:26
• 4 Maccabees — 4:21, 6:28, 8:22, 11:3, 12:12, 18:22
• Wisdom — 1:8, 14:31, 18:11
• Hosea — 13:14

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 28:4

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΚΗ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΔΙΚΑΣ — judgments, cases, rights, a judgment, a case, a right
• ΔΙΚΕΩΝ — of justice, of right, of judgment, of a penalty, of a lawsuit
• ΔΙΚΗΝ — justice, a justice, judgment, a judgment, penalty, a penalty, punishment, a punishment, vengeance, a vengeance
• ΔΙΚΗΣ — of justice, of right, of judgment, of penalty, of punishment
• ΔΙΚΩΝ — of righteous, of just, of right, of innocent
• ΔΙΚ‾Η‾ — justice, a justice, judgment, a judgment, penalty, a penalty, punishment, a punishment
• ΚΑΙΔΙΚΗΣ — (of) justice, (of) right, (of) judgment, (of) a penalty, (of) a lawsuit
• ΤΗΝΔΙΚΗΝ — justice, a justice, right, a right, judgment, a judgment, penalty, a penalty

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