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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 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:15 - About G4012 whom, G3739 when G1096 ➔ I G3450 was G1096 at G1519 Jerusalem, G2414 the chief priests G749 and G2532 the elders G4245 of the Jews G2453 informed G1718 me, desiring G154 to have judgment G1349 against G2596 him. G846

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:4 - And G1161 when G5613 the barbarians G915 saw G1492 the venomous beast G2342 hang G2910 on G1537 his G846 hand, G5495 they said G3004 among G4314 themselves, G240 No doubt G3843 this G3778 man G444 is G2076 a murderer, G5406 whom, G3739 though he hath escaped G1295 G1537 the sea, G2281 yet vengeance G1349 suffereth G1439 not G3756 to live. G2198

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:9 - Who G3748 shall be punished G1349 G5099 with everlasting G166 destruction G3639 from G575 the presence G4383 of the Lord, G2962 and G2532 from G575 the glory G1391 of his G846 power; G2479

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - Even as G5613 Sodom G4670 and G2532 Gomorrha, G1116 and G2532 the cities G4172 about G4012 them G846 in like G3664 G5125 manner, G5158 giving themselves over to fornication, G1608 and G2532 going G565 after G3694 strange G2087 flesh, G4561 are set forth for G4295 an example, G1164 suffering G5254 the vengeance G1349 of eternal G166 fire. G4442
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