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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 Box Exo 21:20

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“And if someone strikes his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies [fn]at his hand, he shall [fn]be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - ‘I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send a plague among you, so that you will be handed over to the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 -

If I have sharpened [fn]My flashing sword,

And My hand has taken hold of justice,

I will return vengeance on My adversaries,

And I will repay those who hate Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:43

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“Rejoice, you nations, with His people;

For He will avenge the blood of His servants,

And will return vengeance on His adversaries,

And will atone for His land and His people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:16

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“I was a father to the poor,

And I investigated the case which I did not know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:13

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“Why do you complain to Him

That He does not give an account of all His doings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:4

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For You have maintained [fn]my just cause;

You have sat on the throne [fn]judging righteously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 -

Stir Yourself, and awake to my right

And to my cause, my God and my Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 -

Vindicate me, God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;

[fn]Save me from the deceitful and unjust person!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 -

Arise, God, and plead Your own cause;

Remember [fn]how the foolish person taunts You all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:12

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I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,

And justice for the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:58

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Lord, You have pleaded my soul’s cause;

You have redeemed my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:12

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‘The Lord GOD says this: “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred great guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:14

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Shall I ransom them from the [fn]power of Sheol?

Shall I redeem them from death?

Death, where are your [fn]thorns?

Sheol, where is your sting?

Compassion will be hidden from My sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:14

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Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of [fn]decision!

For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of [fn]decision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 -

So the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the [fn]farmland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:9

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I will endure the rage of the LORD

Because I have sinned against Him,

Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me.

He will bring me out to the light,

And I will look at His [fn]righteousness.

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