adjective
endikas
Strong’sG1738
righteous, just
stem endik-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 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.
* ἔνδικος, -ον
(< δίκη),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1738 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Refs 4th c.AD+ ἴνδικος, ον, (δίκη):
I of things, according to right, just, legitimate, Refs 5th c.BC+; γόος ἔ. Refs 4th c.BC+; κρίμα NT+5th c.BC+; μὴ λέγων γε τοὔνδικον not speaking truth, Refs
I.2 legal, ἔ. ἡμέρα a court-day, Refs 2nd c.AD+
I.2.b having a locus standi, μή οἱ ἔστω ἴνδικον μηδέποθι ἀλλ᾽ ἢ.. he shall not have the right to sue, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2.c ={ἔνοχος δίκα}, Refs
I.2.d ἔ. πόλις a city in which justice is done, Refs 5th c.BC+; in which sales may be publicly registered, Refs
II of persons, upright, just, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.c dative, ἔ. γάμοις favourable to them, Refs
II.2 possessed of right, τίς μᾶλλον ἐνδικώτερο; who has a better right? Refs
III adverb -κως right, with justice, fairly, Refs: superlative -ώταταRefs 5th c.BC+
III.2 justly, naturally, as one has a right to expect, 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 | endikos | endikas | endikem1×ἔνδικόν | endikois | endikais | endikeim |
| object accusative | endikon | endikan1×ἔνδικον | endikoin | endikain | ||
| direct address vocative | endikor | endikar | endikoir | endikair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | endikou | endikau | endikeu | endikoiu | endikaiu | endikeiu |
| to, for dative | endiko | endika | endike | endikoi | endikai | endikei |
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
endik 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
endikan“just”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 2:2… kai pantas parabasias kai parakoas labata endikan misthapodosian,… every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
endikem“just”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Romans 3:8“just”… erchateia teim agatheim? hoiu tem krimem endikem atō.… evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!