Strong's Lexicon
G1349 — δίκη
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1349 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δίκη |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | probably from G1166 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | dike |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee'-kay |
| Meaning: | 1. right (as self-evident) 2. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution) |
| KJV Renderings: | judgment, punish, vengeance |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δίκη, δίκης, ἡ (allied with δεικηυμι, Curtius, § 14), from Homer down;
1. custom, usage, (cf. Schmidt, chapter 18, 4 cf. 3).
2. right, justice.
3. a suit at law.
4. a judicial hearing, judicial decision, especially a sentence of condemnation; so in Act 25:15 (L T Tr WH καταδίκην).
5. execution of the sentence, punishment, (Wis 18:11; 2Ma 8:11): δίκην ὑπέχειν, Jud 1:7; δίκην (Sophocles El. 298; Aj. 113; Euripides, Or. 7), to suffer punishment, 2Th 1:9.
6. the goddess Justice, avenging justice: Act 28:4, as in Greek writings often from Hesiod theog. 902 on; (of the avenging justice of God, personified, Wis 1:8, etc.; cf. Grimm at the passage and commentary on 4 Macc., p. 318, (he cites 4Ma 4:13; 4Ma 4:21; 4Ma 8:13; 4Ma 8:21; 4Ma 9:9; 4Ma 11:3; 4Ma 12:12; 4Ma 18:22; Philo adv. Flacc. § 18; Eusebius, h. e. 2, 6, 8)).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δίκη (judgment)
Acts 25:15
- KJV: About whom when I was at Jerusalem the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed desiring judgment against him
- GK: περί ου γενομένου μου εις Ιεροσόλυμα ενεφάνισαν οι αρχιερείς και οι πρεσβύτεροι των Ιουδαίων αιτούμενοι κατ΄ αυτού δίκην
Acts 28:4
- KJV: And when the barbarians saw the beast hang on his hand they said among themselves No doubt this man is a murderer whom though he hath escaped the sea yet vengeance suffereth not to live
- GK: ως δε είδον οι βάρβαροι κρεμάμενον το θηρίον εκ της χειρός αυτού έλεγον προς αλλήλους πάντως φονεύς εστιν ο άνθρωπος ούτος ον διασωθέντα εκ της θαλάσσης η δίκη ζην ουκ είασεν
2 Thessalonians 1:9
- KJV: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power
- GK: οίτινες δίκην τίσουσιν όλεθρον αιώνιον από προσώπου του κυρίου και από της δόξης της ισχύος αυτού
Jude 1:7
- KJV: Even as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh are set forth for an example suffering the vengeance of eternal fire
- GK: ως Σόδομα και Γόμορρα και αι περί αυτάς πόλεις τον όμοιον τούτοις τρόπον εκπορνεύσασαι και απελθούσαι οπίσω σαρκός ετέρας πρόκεινται δείγμα πυρός αιωνίου δίκην υπέχουσαι