ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ, δικαιολογησαμενος
DIKAIOLOGĒSAMENOS, dikaiologēsamenos
Sounds Like: dee-kah-ee-oh-loh-gee-SAH-meh-nos
Translations: having justified oneself, having pleaded one's cause, having defended oneself, having vindicated oneself
From the root: ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'δίκαιος' (dikaios, meaning 'righteous' or 'just') and 'λόγος' (logos, meaning 'word' or 'reason'). It describes the act of justifying oneself, pleading one's case, or defending one's actions or position. It implies presenting a reasoned argument to show oneself to be in the right or to be innocent.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Masculine, Singular, Nominative, Participle
Strong’s number: G1344 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΕΩ — to justify, to declare righteous, to vindicate, to acquit, to make righteous, to show oneself righteous
- ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to justify oneself, to be justified, to declare righteous, to plead one's cause
- ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΗΤΑΙ — be justified, be declared righteous, be acquitted, be vindicated, plead one's cause, make a defense
- ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — justifying, being justified, pleading one's cause, defending oneself, making excuses, being declared righteous
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