noun · feminine
dikas
Strong’sG1349
justice, judicial hearing, punishment
stem dik-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
custom, usage, αὕτη δ. ἐστὶ βροτῶν this is the way of mortals, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἡ γὰρ δ., ὁππότε.. this is always the way, when.., Refs 2nd c.AD+; δίκαν ἐφέπειν τινός to imitate him, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἐπέχειν τινός to be like.., Refs 1st c.AD+; normal course of nature, ἐκ τουτέων ὁ θάνατος οὐ γίνεται κατά γε δίκην, οὐδ᾽ ἢν γένηται Refs 5th c.BC+
2 adverbial in accusative δίκην, in the way of, after the manner of, with genitive, λύκοιο Refs 5th c.BC+; in later Prose, Refs 5th c.BC+
II order, right, μή τι δίκης ἐπιδευές nothing short of what is fit, Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to σχέτλια ἔργα, Refs 8th c.BC+; Truth, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 δίκη ἐστί, ={δίκαιόν ἐστι}, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 Adverb. usages, δίκῃ duly, rightly, Refs 8th c.BC+ on the score of justice, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίχα δίκης without trial, Refs 1st c.AD+; πρὸ δίκης in preference to legal proceedings, Refs 5th c.BC+
III judgement, δίκην ἰθύντατα εἰπεῖν give judgement most righteously (compare ἰθύς), Refs 8th c.BC+
IV after Refs 8th c.BC+, of proceedings instituted to determine legal rights, hence,
IV.1 lawsuit, Refs 5th c.BC+; properly private suit or action, opposed to γραφή (which see), Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ δίκην ἔχοντες the parties to a suit, Refs 1st c.AD+
IV.2 trial of the case, πρὸ δίκης Refs 5th c.BC+; court by which it was tried, ἐν ὑμῖν ἐστι καὶ τῇ δίκῃ Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.2.b δίκην εἰπεῖν to plead a cause, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.3 the object or consequence of the action, atonement, satisfaction, penalty, δίκην ἐκτίνειν, τίνειν, Refs 5th c.BC+: adverbially in accusative, τοῦ δίκην πάσχεις τάδ; Refs 4th c.BC+; frequently δίκην or δίκας διδόναι suffer punishment, i. e. make amends (but δίκας δ., in Refs 4th c.BC+, to grant arbitration); δίκας διδόναι τινί τινος Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἀντί or ὑπέρ τινος, Refs 5th c.BC+; also δίκην διδόναι ὑπὸ θεῶν to be punished by.., Refs 5th c.BC+; but δίκας ἤθελον δοῦναι they consented to submit to trial, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκας λαμβάνειν sometimes ={δ. διδόναι}, Refs 5th c.BC+; more frequently its correlative, inflict punishment, take vengeance, Refs 5th c.BC+; so δίκην ἔχειν to have one's punishment, Refs 5th c.BC+ have satisfaction, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκας or δίκην ὑπέχειν stand trial, Refs 5th c.BC+; θανάτου δίκην ὀφλεῖν ὑπό τινος to incur the death penalty, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκην φεύγειν try to escape it, be the defendant in the trial (opposed to διώκειν prosecute), Refs 4th c.BC+; δίκας αἰτέειν demand satisfaction, τινός for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; τινός for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκας ἑλεῖν, see at {ἔρημος} 11; δίκην τείσασθαι, see at {τίνω} 11; δὸς δὲ δίκην καὶ δέξο παρὰ Ζηνί Refs; δίκας διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων, of communities, submit causes to trial, Refs 5th c.BC+; δίκας δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι submit differences to a peaceful settlement, Refs 5th c.BC+
V Refs 4th c.BC+ name for three, Refs 1st c.AD+; for five, Refsdiś-, diśā 'direction', 'quarter of the heavens'.)
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 | 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
dikas“justice”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 28:4… hon diasōziranton ek tau thalassau tas dikas zōarō ouk easata.… he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
dikan“penalty”objectaccusative singular2×
2 Thessalonians 1:9hotinois dikan tinali olethron aiōnion apo prosōpeu tou …They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the …
Jude 1:7… sarkau heterau, prokeiolō deigmem pureu aiōnieu dikan hupecharōntais.… example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.