noun · feminine
katadikas
Greekκαταδίκη (katadikē)
Strong’sG1349
justice, judicial hearing, punishment
stem katadik-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** κατα-δίκη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX: Wi 12:27*;]
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 | katadikas | katadikais |
| object accusative | katadikan1×καταδίκην | katadikain |
| direct address vocative | katadikar | katadikair |
| of, belonging to genitive | katadikau | katadikaiu |
| to, for dative | katadika | katadikai |
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
katadika 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
katadikan“sentence of condemnation”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 25:15“sentence of condemnation”peri hou gineratou mu eis Hierosolumeim emfanizala tois archierevois kai tois presbuterois toiu Ioudaioiu, aiterōtois kata autou katadikan;While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.