Strong's Lexicon
G1343 — δικαιοσύνη
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1343 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δικαιοσύνη |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1342 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 92 |
| Transliteration: | dikaiosune |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dik-ai-os-oo'-nay |
| Meaning: | 1. equity (of character or act) 2. (specially) Christian justification |
| KJV Renderings: | righteousness |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δικαιοσύνη, δικαιοσύνης, ἡ (δίκαιος); most frequently in the Sept. for öÆãÆ÷ and öÀãÈ÷Èä, rarely for çÆñÆã; "the virtue or quality or state of one who is δίκαιος;"
1. in the broad sense, the state of him who is such as he ought to be, righteousness (German Rechtbeschaffenheit); the condition acceptable to God (German Gottwohlgefalligkeit);
a. universally: λόγος τῆς δικαιοσύνης (like λόγος τῆς καταλλαγῆς, λόγος τοῦ σταυροῦ), the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain to a state approved of God, Heb 5:13; βασιλεύς δικαιοσύνης, the king who himself has the approbation of God, and who renders his subjects acceptable to God, Heb 7:2; cf. Bleek at the passage b. "integrity, virtue, purity of life, uprightness, correctness in thinking, feeling, and acting: Mat 3:15; Mat 5:6; Mat 5:10; Mat 5:20; Mat 6:1 G L T Tr, WH; Act 13:10; Act 24:25; Rom 6:13; Rom 6:16; Rom 6:18-20 (opposed to ἁμαρτία, ἀνομία, and ἀκαθαρσία); Rom 8:10 (opposed to ἁμαρτία); Rom 14:17 (? (see c.)); 2Co 6:7; 2Co 6:14 (opposed to ἀνομία, as in Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 24); 2Co 11:15; Eph 5:9; Eph 6:14; Php 1:11; 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:22; 2Ti 3:16; 2Ti 4:8; Tit 3:5; Heb 1:9; Heb 12:11; Jas 3:18; 1Pe 3:14; 2Pe 2:5; 2Pe 2:21; 2Pe 3:13, and very often in the O. T.; ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης, walking in the way of righteousness equivalent to an upright, righteous, man, Mat 21:32; τοῦ Θεοῦ, the righteousness which God demands, Mat 6:33; Jas 1:20; of righteousness which manifests itself in "beneficence: 2Co 9:9 f (cf. Tob 14:11; Gesenius, Thesaurus iii., p. 1151; so Chaldean φΔγΐχΘδ, Dan 4:24, and in the Talmud and rabbinical writings (Buxtorf. col. 1891 (p. 941, Fischer edition); cf. Winer’s Grammar, 32)); where δίκαιος καί ὁσιότης are connected — Luk 1:75; Eph 4:24, (Wis 9:3; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 48, 4 [ET] and occasionally in secular writings) — the former denotes right conduct toward men, the latter piety toward God (cf. Plato, Gorgias, p. 507 b.; Grimm on Sap., p. 181f; (cf. Trench, § 88, p. 328f; for additional examples see Wetstein (1752) on Ephesians, the passage cited; cf. ὅσιος); εὐσέβεια καί δικαιοσύνη, Diodorus 1, 2); ποιεῖν τήν δικαιοσύνην, to do righteousness, to live uprightly: 1Jn 2:29; 1Jn 3:7; 1Jn 3:10 (not Lachmann); and in Rev 22:11 according to the text now accepted; in like manner ἐργάζεσθαι δικαιοσύνην, Act 10:35; Heb 11:33; ζῆν τῇ δικαιοσύνη, to live, devote the life, to righteousness, 1Pe 2:24; πληροῦν πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην, to perform completely whatever is right, Mat 3:15. When affirmed of Christ, δικαιοσύνη denotes his perfect moral purity, integrity, sinlessness: Joh 16:8; Joh 16:10; when used of God, his holiness: Rom 3:5; Rom 3:25 f.
c. in the writings of Paul ἡ δικαιοσύνη has a peculiar meaning, opposed to the views of the Jews and Judaizing Christians. To understand this meaning, the following facts especially must be kept in view: the Jews as a people, and very many who had become converts from among them to Christianity, supposed that they secured the favor of God by works conformed to the requirements of the Mosaic law, as though by way of merit; and that they would thus attain to eternal salvation. But this law demands perfect obedience to all its precepts, and threatens condemnation to those who do not render such obedience (Gal 3:10; Gal 3:12). Obedience of this kind no one has rendered (Rom 3:10), neither Jews nor Gentiles (Rom 1:24-32; Rom 2:1) — for with the latter the natural law of right written on their souls takes the place of the Mosaic law (Rom 2:14 f). On this account Paul proclaims the love of God, in that by giving up Christ, his Son, to die as an expiatory sacrifice for the sins of men he has attested his grace and good-will to mankind, so that they can hope for salvation as if they had not sinned. But the way to obtain this hope, he teaches, is only through faith (see πίστις (especially 1 b. and d.)), by which a man appropriates that grace of God revealed and pledged in Christ; and this faith is reckoned by God to the man as δικαιοσύνη; that is to say, δικαιοσύνη denotes "the state acceptable to God which becomes a sinner’s possession through that faith by which he embraces the grace of God offered him in the expiatory death of Jesus Christ (see δικαιόω, 3 b.). In this sense ἡ δικαιοσύνη is used without an adjunct in Romans 4:5f, 11; Rom 5:17; Rom 5:21; Rom 9:30; Rom 14:11 (? (see b.)); 1Co 1:30; Gal 5:5; δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ, ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ δικαιοσύνη, the righteousness which God ascribes, what God declares to be righteousness (Winer’s Grammar, 186 (175)), Rom 1:17; Rom 3:21; Rom 10:3; by a pregnant use, equivalent to that divine arrangement by which God leads men to a state acceptable to him, Rom 10:4; as abstract for concrete, equivalent to those whom God accounts righteous, 2Co 5:21; δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ διά πίστεως, Rom 3:22; ἡ δικαιοσύνη τῆς πίστεως, which is acquired by faith, or seen in faith, Rom 4:11; Rom 4:13; ἡ ἐκ Θεοῦ δικαιοσύνη which comes from God, i. e. is adjudged, imputed, Php 3:9 (wbere the addition ἐπί τῇ πίστει depends on ἔχων, having ... founded upon faith (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 137 (130); 392 (367); yet cf. Ellicott, at the passage)); ἡ ἐκ πίστεως δικαιοσύνη which comes from faith, Rom 9:30; Rom 10:6; ἡ διά πίστεως Χριστοῦ, Php 3:9; ἡ κατά πίστιν δικαιοσύνη according to, appropriate to, faith, Heb 11:7 (but it should be kept in mind that the conception of ’faith’ in the Epistle to the Hebrews is broader than in Paul’s writings (cf. e. g. Kurtz, at the passage)); Christ is called δικαιοσύνη, as being the one without whom there is no righteousness, as the author of righteousness, 1Co 1:30; εἰς δικαιοσύνην, unto righteousness as the result, to obtain righteousness, Rom 10:4; Rom 10:10; ἡ πίστις λογίζεται τίνι εἰς δικαιοσύνην, faith is reckoned to one for righteousness, i. e. is so taken into account, that righteousness is ascribed to it or recognized in it: Rom 4:3; Rom 4:6; Rom 4:9; Rom 4:22; Gal 3:6; Jas 2:23; ἡ διακονία τῆς δικαιοσύνης (see διακονία, 2 b.), 2Co 3:9. Opposed to this δικαιοσύνη, arising from faith, is ἡ ἐκ νόμου δικαιοσύνη, a state acceptable to God which is supposed to result from obedience to the law, Rom 10:5 f; ἡ δικαιοσύνη ἐν νόμῳ relying on the law, i. e. on imaginary obedience to it, Php 3:6; ἡ ἰδίᾳ δικαιοσύνη and ἡ ἐμή ἐδικαιοσυνη, such as one supposes that he has acquired for himself by his own works, Rom 10:3 Php 3:9, cf. Gal 2:21; Gal 3:21.
2. in a closer sense, justice, or the virtue which gives each one his due; it is said to belong to God and Christ, as bestowing ἰσότιμον πίστιν upon all Christians impartially, 2Pe 1:1; of judicial justice, Rom 9:28 R G Tr marginal reading in brackets; κρίνειν ἐν δικαιοσύνη, Act 17:31; Rev 19:11. (See references under the word δικαιόω at the end.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δικαιοσύνη (righteousness)
Matthew 3:15
- KJV: And Jesus answering said unto him Suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness Then he suffered him
- GK: αποκριθείς δε ο Ιησούς είπε προς αυτόν άφες άρτι ούτω γαρ πρέπον εστίν ημίν πληρώσαι πάσαν δικαιοσύνην τότε αφίησιν αυτόν
Matthew 5:6
- KJV: Blessed they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled
- GK: μακάριοι οι πεινώντες και διψώντες την δικαιοσύνην ότι αυτοί χορτασθήσονται
Matthew 5:10
- KJV: Blessed they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
- GK: μακάριοι οι δεδιωγμένοι ένεκεν δικαιοσύνης ότι αυτών εστίν η βασιλεία των ουρανών
Matthew 5:20
- KJV: For I say unto you That except your righteousness shall exceed of the scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven
- GK: λέγω γαρ υμίν ότι εάν μη περιοσσεύση η δικαιοσύνη υμών πλείον των γραμματέων και Φαρισαίων ου εισέλθητε εις την βασιλείαν των ουρανών
Matthew 6:33
- KJV: But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you
- GK: ζητείτε δε πρώτον την βασιλείαν του θεού και την δικαιοσύνην αυτού και ταύτα πάντα προστεθήσεται υμίν
Matthew 21:32
- KJV: For John came unto you in the way of righteousness and ye believed him not but the publicans and the harlots believed him and ye when ye had seen repented not afterward that ye might believe him
- GK: ηλθέ γαρ προς υμάς Ιωάννης εν οδώ δικαιοσύνης και ουκ επιστεύσατε αυτώ οι δε τελώναι και αι πόρναι επίστευσαν αυτώ υμείς δε ιδόντες ου μετεμελήθητε ύστερον του πιστεύσαι αυτώ
Luke 1:75
- KJV: In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life
- GK: εν οσιότητι και δικαιοσύνη ενώπιον αυτού πάσας τας ημέρας της ζωής ημών
John 16:8
- KJV: And when he is come he will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment
- GK: και ελθών εκείνος ελέγξει τον κόσμον περί αμαρτίας και περί δικαιοσύνης και περί κρίσεως
John 16:10
- KJV: Of righteousness because I go to my Father and ye see me no more
- GK: περί δικαιοσύνης δε ότι προς τον πατέρα μου υπάγω και ουκέτι θεωρείτέ με
Acts 10:35
- KJV: But in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him
- GK: αλλ΄ εν παντί έθνει ο φοβούμενος αυτόν και εργαζόμενος δικαιοσύνην δεκτός αυτώ εστι
Acts 13:10
- KJV: said O full of all subtilty and all mischief child of the devil enemy of all righteousness wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord
- GK: είπεν ω πλήρης παντός δόλου και πάσης ραδιουργίας υιέ διαβόλου εχθρέ πάσης δικαιοσύνης ου παύση διαστρέφων τας οδούς κυρίου τας ευθείας
Acts 17:31
- KJV: Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by man whom he hath ordained he hath given assurance unto all in that he hath raised him from the dead
- GK: διότι έστησεν ημέραν εν η μέλλει κρίνειν την οικουμένην εν δικαιοσύνη εν ανδρί ω ώρισε πίστιν παρασχών πάσιν αναστήσας αυτόν εκ νεκρών
Acts 24:25
- KJV: And as he reasoned of righteousness temperance and judgment to come Felix trembled and answered Go thy way this time when I have a convenient season I will call for thee
- GK: διαλεγομένου δε αυτού περί δικαιοσύνης και εγκρατείας και του κρίματος του μέλλοντος έσεσθαι έμφοβος γενόμενος ο Φήλιξ απεκρίθη το νυν έχον πορεύου καιρόν δε μεταλαβών μετακαλέσομαί σε
Romans 1:17
- KJV: For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as it is written The just shall live by faith
- GK: δικαιοσύνη γαρ θεού εν αυτώ αποκαλύπτεται εκ πίστεως εις πίστιν καθώς γέγραπται ο δε δίκαιος εκ πίστεως ζήσεται
Romans 3:5
- KJV: But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God what shall we say God unrighteous who taketh vengeance I speak as a man
- GK: ει δε η αδικία ημών θεού δικαιοσύνην συνίστησι τι ερούμεν μη άδικος ο θεός ο επιφέρων την οργήν κατά άνθρωπον λέγω
Romans 3:21
- KJV: But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested being witnessed by the law and the prophets
- GK: νυνί δε χωρίς νόμου δικαιοσύνη θεού πεφανέρωται μαρτυρουμένη υπό του νόμου και των προφητών
Romans 3:22
- KJV: Even the righteousness of God by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe for there is no difference
- GK: δικαιοσύνη δε θεού διά πίστεως Ιησού χριστού εις πάντας και επί πάντας τους πιστεύοντας ου γαρ εστι διαστολή
Romans 3:25
- KJV: Whom God hath set forth a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past
- GK: ον προέθετο ο θεός ιλαστήριον διά της πίστεως εν τω αυτού αίματι εις ένδειξιν της δικαιοσύνης αυτού διά την πάρεσιν των προγεγονότων αμαρτημάτων
Romans 3:26
- KJV: To declare at this time his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus
- GK: εν τη ανοχή του θεού προς ένδειξιν της δικαιοσύνης αυτού εν τω νυν καιρώ εις το είναι αυτόν δίκαιον και δικαιούντα τον εκ πίστεως Ιησούν
Romans 4:3
- KJV: For what saith the scripture Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness
- GK: τι γαρ η γραφή λέγει επίστευσε δε Αβραάμ τω θεώ και ελογίσθη αυτώ εις δικαιοσύνην
Romans 4:5
- KJV: But to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness
- GK: τω δε μη εργαζομένω πιστεύοντι δε επί τον δικαιούντα τον ασεβή λογίζεται η πίστις αυτού εις δικαιοσύνην
Romans 4:6
- KJV: Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works
- GK: καθάπερ και Δαβίδ λέγει τον μακρισμόν του ανθρώπου ω ο θεός λογίζεται δικαιοσύνην χωρίς έργων
Romans 4:9
- KJV: this blessedness then upon the circumcision or upon the uncircumcision also for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness
- GK: ο μακαρισμός ούν ούτος επί την περιτομήν η και επί την ακροβυστίαν λέγομεν γαρ ότι ελογίσθη τω Αβραάμ η πίστις εις δικαιοσύνην
Romans 4:11
- KJV: And he received the sign of circumcision a seal of the righteousness of the faith which being uncircumcised that he might be the father of all them that believe though they be not circumcised that righteousness might be imputed unto them also
- GK: και σημείον έλαβε περιτομής σφραγίδα της δικαιοσύνης της πίστεως της εν τη ακροβυστία εις το είναι αυτόν πατέρα πάντων των πιστευόντων δι΄ ακροβυστίας εις το λογισθήναι και αυτοίς την δικαιοσύνην
Romans 4:13
- KJV: For the promise that he should be the heir of the world not to Abraham or to his seed through the law but through the righteousness of faith
- GK: ου γαρ διά νόμου η επαγγελία τω Αβραάμ η τω σπέρματι αυτού το κληρονόμον αυτόν είναι του κόσμου αλλ΄ διά δικαιοσύνης πίστεως
Romans 4:22
- KJV: And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness
- GK: διό και ελογίσθη αυτώ εις δικαιοσύνην
Romans 5:17
- KJV: For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ
- GK: ει γαρ τω του ενός παραπτώματι ο θάνατος εβασίλευσε διά του ενός πολλώ μάλλον οι την περισσείαν της χάριτος και της δωρεάς της δικαιοσύνης λαμβάνοντες εν ζωή βασιλεύσουσι διά του ενός Ιησού χριστού
Romans 5:21
- KJV: That as sin hath reigned unto death even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord
- GK: ίνα ώσπερ εβασίλευσεν η αμαρτία εν τω θανάτω ούτω και η χάρις βασιλεύση διά δικαιοσύνης εις ζωήν αιώνιον διά Ιησού χριστού του κυρίου ημών
Romans 6:13
- KJV: Neither yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin but yield yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead and your members instruments of righteousness unto God
- GK: μηδέ παριστάνετε τα μέλη υμών όπλα αδικίας τη αμαρτία αλλά παραστήσατε εαυτούς τω θεώ ως εκ νεκρών ζώντας και τα μέλη υμών όπλα δικαιοσύνης τω θεώ
Romans 6:16
- KJV: Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness
- GK: ουκ οίδατε ότι ω παριστάνετε εαυτούς δούλους εις υπακοήν δούλοί εστε ω υπακούετε ήτοι αμαρτίας εις θάνατον η υπακοής εις δικαιοσύνην