ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΗΤΑΙ, δικαιολογησηται
DIKAIOLOGĒSĒTAI, dikaiologēsētai
Sounds Like: dee-kah-ee-oh-loh-gee-SEE-tai
Translations: be justified, be declared righteous, be acquitted, be vindicated, plead one's cause, make a defense
From the root: ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to be justified, declared righteous, or acquitted. It implies being shown to be in the right, or having one's actions vindicated. It can also mean to plead one's cause or make a defense, especially in a legal or moral sense. It is often used in contexts where someone is seeking to prove their innocence or the righteousness of their actions.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Aorist, Passive, Subjunctive
Strong’s number: G1344 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 16:489
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
- ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to justify oneself, to be justified, to declare righteous, to plead one's cause
- ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — justifying, being justified, pleading one's cause, defending oneself, making excuses, being declared righteous
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