ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑΙΣ, δικαιολογιαις
DIKAIOLOGIAIS, dikaiologiais
Sounds Like: dee-kah-ee-oh-loh-GEE-ah-ees
Translations: (to) a justification, (to) justifications, (to) a defense, (to) defenses, (to) an excuse, (to) excuses
From the root: ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a justification, a defense, or an excuse. It is a compound word formed from 'δίκαιος' (dikaios), meaning 'righteous' or 'just', and 'λόγος' (logos), meaning 'word' or 'reason'. It is used to describe the act or process of providing reasons or arguments to prove something right or to explain away a fault. In a sentence, it would typically follow a preposition indicating direction or purpose, or function as the indirect object of a verb.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1348 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 7:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ.
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.
- ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑΝ — justification, a justification, vindication, a vindication, defense, a defense
- ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ — (of) justification, (of) vindication, (of) defense, (of) excuse
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