noun · feminine
dikas
Greekδίκη (dikē)
Strong’sG1349
justice, judicial hearing, punishment
stem dik-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δίκη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for נקם, ריב, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1349 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddee'-kay
right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution)
Fromprobably from G1166;
King Jamesjudgment, punish, vengeance.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dikas1×δίκη | dikais |
| object accusative | dikan2×δίκην | dikain |
| direct address vocative | dikar | dikair |
| of, belonging to genitive | dikau | dikaiu |
| to, for dative | dika | dikai |
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
dika 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
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
dikas“justice”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 28:4“justice”hōs de horala tois barbarois kremannuerōtem tem thērem ek tau cheirau autou, pros allēloin legale; Pantōs foneuos atō tos anthrōpos houtos hon diasōziraton ek tau thalassau tas dikas zōarō ouk easata.When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
dikan“penalty”objectaccusative singular2×
2 Thessalonians 1:9“penalty”hotinois dikan tinali olethron aiōnion apo prosōpeu tou kuriou kai apo tau doxau tau ischuau autou,They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
Jude 1:7“punishment”hōs Sodomeim kai Gomorras kai tais peri autain politais, ton homoion tropon houtoi ekporneuaratais kai apercharatais opisō sarxau heterau, prokeielō deigmem pureu aiōnieu dikan hupecharōtais.In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.