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Lexicon :: Strong's G1349 - dikē

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δίκη
Transliteration
dikē (Key)
Pronunciation
dee'-kay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from δεικνύω (G1166)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:178,168

Strong’s Definitions

†δίκη díkē, dee'-kay; probably from G1166; right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution):—judgment, punish, vengeance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1349 in the following manner: vengeance (2x), judgment (1x), punish (with G5099) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1349 in the following manner: vengeance (2x), judgment (1x), punish (with G5099) (1x).

  1. custom, usage

  2. right, just

  3. a suit at law

  4. a judicial hearing, judicial decision, esp. sentence of condemnation

  5. execution of a sentence, punishment

    1. to suffer punishment

  6. the goddess Justice, avenging justice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†δίκη díkē, dee'-kay; probably from G1166; right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution):—judgment, punish, vengeance.
STRONGS G1349:
δίκη, -ης, ἡ, [allied with δείκνυμι, 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 Acts 25:15 [L T Tr WH καταδίκην].
5. execution of the sentence, punishment, (Wis. 18:11; 2 Macc. 8:11): δίκην ὑπέχειν, Jude 1:7; δίκην τίνειν (Sophocles El. 298; Aj. 113; Euripides, Or. 7), to suffer punishment, 2 Thessalonians 1:9.
6. the goddess Justice, avenging justice: Acts 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 4 Macc. 4:13, 21; 8:13, 21; 9:9; 11:3; 12:12; 18:22; Philo adv. Flacc. § 18; Eusebius, h. e. 2, 6, 8]).

Related entry:
καταδίκη, -ης, ἡ;
1. damnatory sentence, condemnation: Acts 25:15 L T Tr WH; ([Epicharmus in Ath. 2, 3 p. 36 d.], Polybius, Plutarch, Irenaeus 1, 16, 3).
2. penalty, especially a fine; (Thucydides, Dem., Lucian).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
25:15; 25:15; 28:4
2 Thessalonians
1:9
Jude
1:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1349 matches the Greek δίκη (dikē),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - And if a man smite his man-servant or his maid-servant, with a rod, and the party die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of my covenant, and ye shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand shall take hold of judgment; and I will render judgment to my enemies, and will recompense them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 - Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; [fn] rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him; and the Lord shall purge the land of his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 - I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - But thou sayest, Why has he not heard every word of my cause?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:4 - (LXX 9:5) For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - (LXX 34:23) Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - (LXX 42:1) A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - (LXX 73:22) Arise, O God, plead thy cause: remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12 - (LXX 139:13) I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the [fn]poor, and the right of the needy ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:58 - Rechs. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - Thus saith the Lord; Because of what the Idumeans have done in taking vengeance on the house of Juda, and because they have remembered injuries, and have exacted full recompence;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:14 - I will deliver them out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is thy penalty, O death? O Hades, where is thy sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14 - (LXX 4:14) Noises have resounded in the valley of judgment: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - Thus has the Lord shewed me; and, behold, the Lord called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and devoured the Lord's portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9 - I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he make good my cause: he also shall maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
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