ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ, δικαιολογησασθαι
DIKAIOLOGĒSASTHAI, dikaiologēsasthai
Sounds Like: dee-kah-yoh-loh-gee-SAH-sthai
Translations: to justify oneself, to be justified, to declare righteous, to plead one's cause
From the root: ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'δίκαιος' (righteous, just) and 'λόγος' (word, reason, account). In its middle voice, it means to justify oneself, to present a defense, or to be declared righteous. It describes the act of demonstrating one's innocence or righteousness, often in a legal or moral context.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1344 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:299
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
- ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having justified oneself, having pleaded one's cause, having defended oneself, having vindicated oneself
- 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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