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dikaios G1342

δίκαιος (dikaios) means “just” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

δίκαιος Greek · G1342 79 tagged occurrences in 74 verses

Pronunciation guide: dik'-ah-yos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1342

δίκαιος · dikaios · just

δίκαιος, -α, -ον (δίκη), [in LXX chiefly for צַדִּיק (for rendering of צַדִּיק in sense of correct, see Deiss., BS, 115 f.); sometimes for נָקִי as Pro.1:11, al. ;] in early Gk. writers (a) of persons, observant of δίκη, custom, rule, right, righteous in performing duties to gods and men ; (b) of things, righteous, in accordance with right. In NT 1. righteous, chiefly in the broad sense, as above, of the person or thing corresponding to the Divine standard of right (a) of persons: of God, Rom.3:26, 1Jn.2:29 Jn 3:7; of Christ, Act.3:14 7:52 22:14, 1Pe.3:18, 1Jn.2:1; of men, Mat.1:19 (Abbott, Essays, 75 f.) Mat.10:41 13:17, 43 13:49, Luk.1:6, 17, Rom.5:7, 1Ti.1:9, Jas.5:6, 1Pe.3:12, 1Jn.3:7, Rev.22:11, al.; δ. καὶ εὐλαβής, Luk.2:25; ἅγιος, Mrk.6:20; ἀγαθός, Luk.23:50; φοβούμενος τ. θεόν, Act.10:22; opposite to ἀμαρτωλοὶ καὶ ἀσεβεῖς, 1Pe.4:18; ἄδικοι, Mat.5:45, Act.24:15; δ. ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.1:17, Gal.3:11, Heb.10:38" (LXX) ; δ. παρὰ τ. θεῷ, Rom.2:13 (b) of things: ἔργα δ., opposite to πονηρὰ, 1Jn.3:12; ἐντολή, Rom.7:12; metaphorically, αἷμα, Mat.23:35; τὸ δ., Luk.12:57; δ. ἐστιν, Act.4:19, Eph.6:1, Php.1:7; ὅ, Mat.20:4; ὅσα, Php.4:8 2. In narrower sense (a) of persons, as in later cl. writers, just, rendering to each his due: Tit.1:8, 1Jn.1:9; δ. κριτής, 2Ti.4:8 (b) of things: τὸ δ., Col.4:1; δ., sc. ἐστιν, 2Th.1:6; κρίσις δ., Jhn.5:30; ὁδοί, Rev.15:3 SYN.: ἀγαθός (which see), καλός, χρηστός (Cremer, 183, 690). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

just; especially, just in the eyes of God; righteous; the elect (a Jewish idea).

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How translators render G1342

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
righteous 27
the righteous 8
right 6
a righteous man 5
just 5
righteous one 3
a righteous 2
is right 2
of the righteous 2
a righteous mans 1
for the righteous 1
he is a righteous 1
in his righteous 1
innocent man 1
it is only right 1
just are 1
justly 1
of a righteous man 1
righteous man 1
righteous men 1
righteous ones 1
righteousness 1
sincere 1
the righteous one 1
upright 1
was righteous 1
were righteous 1
who are righteous 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
righteous 16
just 10
the righteous 10
the just 7
right 4
a just 3
a righteous man 3
of the just 3
meet 2
of a righteous man 2
of the righteous 2
a righteous 1
a righteous mans 1
a righteous thing 1
he that is righteous 1
just man 1
just one 1
just persons 1
o righteous 1
of just men 1
of the just one 1
that righteous man 1
that which is just 1
was a just 1
what is right 1

Verses containing G1342

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  1. Matthew 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

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  2. Matthew 5:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

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  3. Matthew 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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  4. Matthew 10:41 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

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  5. Matthew 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

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  6. Matthew 13:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

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  7. Matthew 13:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

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  8. Matthew 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’

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  9. Matthew 23:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

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  10. Matthew 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

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  11. Matthew 23:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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  12. Matthew 25:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

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  13. Matthew 25:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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  14. Matthew 27:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

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  15. Mark 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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  16. Mark 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

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  17. Luke 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

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  18. Luke 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

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  19. Luke 2:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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  20. Luke 5:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

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  21. Luke 12:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

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  22. Luke 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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  23. Luke 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

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  24. Luke 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

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  25. Luke 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

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  26. Luke 23:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

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  27. Luke 23:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

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  28. John 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

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  29. John 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

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  30. John 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

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  31. Acts 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

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  32. Acts 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

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  33. Acts 7:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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  34. Acts 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

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  35. Acts 22:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.

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  36. Acts 24:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

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  37. Romans 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

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  38. Romans 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

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  39. Romans 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

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  40. Romans 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

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  41. Romans 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

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  42. Romans 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

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  43. Romans 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

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  44. Galatians 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

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  45. Ephesians 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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  46. Philippians 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

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  47. Philippians 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

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  48. Colossians 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

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  49. 2 Thessalonians 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

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  50. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

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