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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).
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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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - "If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. Although you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - I will sharpen my lightning-like sword, and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; I will execute vengeance on my foes, and repay those who hate me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 - Cry out, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge his servants' blood; he will take vengeance against his enemies, and make atonement for his land and people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 - I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person's words?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:4 - For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12 - I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:58 - O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - "This is what the sovereign LORD says: 'Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable by taking vengeance on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:14 - Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14 - Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw the sovereign LORD summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9 - I must endure the LORD's anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance.
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