adjective
adikos
Strong’sG94
unjust, unrighteous
stem adik-12 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
The word describes what is unjust or unrighteous — used of a person's character or of an unfair, wrongful act 1234. It is applied to people who do wrong, standing in contrast to the "just," to the "godly," and to the "faithful" 1.
By extension the word can carry the stronger sense of wicked, and by implication even "treacherous"; it can also be used specifically of a person who is a heathen 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἄδικος, -ον
(< δίκη), [in LXX for שׁקר, עול, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G94 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(δίκη) of persons, wrongdoing, unrighteous, unjust: ἄνθρωποιRefs 8th c.BC+: superlative -ώτατοςRefs 5th c.BC+ unjust in a thing, ἔς τινα towards a person, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. [ἐν τῷ ἀστραγαλίζειν] one who plays unfairly, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, so unjust as to. NT.Heb.6.10.
2 ἄ. ἵπποι obstinate, unmanageable, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. γνάθος the hard mouth of a horse, Refs
II of things, unjust, unrighteous, ἔργαRefs 8th c.BC+; ἄ. λόγος frequently in Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄρχειν χειρῶν ἀ. begin an assault, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ ἄ., τὰ δίκαια καὶ τὰ ἄ. right and wrong, Refs 5th c.BC+; πλοῦτος ἄ. ill-gotten, unrighteous, LXX+5th c.BC+; ἡ ἄ... συναγωγὴ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός the unrighteous union, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. δίκη vexatious suit, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 of the punishment of wrongdoing, Ζεὺς νέμων ἄδικα κακοῖςRefs 5th c.BC+
III ἄ. ἡμέρα, i.e. ἄνευ δικῶν, a day on which the courts were shut, Refs 2nd c.AD+ who has not appeared in court, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV adverb -κωςRefs 6th c.BC+; εἴτε ὦν δὴ δικαίως εἴτε ἀ. jure an injuria, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐκ ἀ. not without reason, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | adikos4×ἄδικος | adikas | adikem | adikois2×ἄδικοι | adikais | adikeim |
| object accusative | adikon | adikan | adikoin2×ἀδίκους | adikain | ||
| direct address vocative | adikor | adikar | adikoir | adikair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | adikou | adikau | adikeu | adikoiu3×ἀδίκων | adikaiu | adikeiu |
| to, for dative | adiko1×ἀδίκῳ | adika | adike | adikoi | adikai | adikei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
adik is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
adikos“unjust”subjectnominative singular4×
Luke 16:10… pistos atō, kai tos en elachiste adikos kai en polle adikos atō.… faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be …
Luke 16:10… en elachiste adikos kai en polle adikos atō.… with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Romans 3:5… theou dikaiosunan sustēatō, tinem legani? mē adikos tos theos tos epiferarōntos tan organ? …… shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us …
Hebrews 6:10ouk gar adikos tos theos epilathera teu ergeu vu …For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work …
adiko“unrighteous”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 16:11“unrighteous”ei oun en to adiko mamōno pistois ouk geneva, tem alēthinem …So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
adikois“unjust”subjectnominative plural2×
Luke 18:11“unjust”… hōsper tois loipois toiu anthrōpoiu, harpagois, adikois, moichois, ē kai hōs houtos tos …… am not like other men — swindlers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector.
1 Corinthians 6:9“unrighteous”Ē ouk oidavē hoti adikois theou basileian ouk klēronomali? mē planovōr; …Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual …
adikoin“unrighteous”objectaccusative plural2×
Matthew 5:45… agathoin kai brechatō epi dikaioin kai adikoin.… rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
2 Peter 2:9oidatē kurios euseboin ek peirasmou ruorō, adikoin de eis hēmeran krisiau kolazorōntoin tērarō,… from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of …
adikoiu“unrighteous”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Acts 24:15“unrighteous”… anastasian mellarō eri dikaioiu tē kai adikoiu;… that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
1 Corinthians 6:1… pros ton heteron krinorō epi toiu adikoiu, kai ouchi epi toiu hagioiu?… he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
1 Peter 3:18… hapax peri hamartaiu paschata, dikaios huper adikoiu, hina vin prosagateia to theo, thanatirantos …… for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He …