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dikaiosunē G1343

δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosunē) means “righteousness” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

δικαιοσύνη Greek · G1343 91 tagged occurrences in 86 verses

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

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1343

δικαιοσύνη · dikaiosunē · righteousness

δικαιοσύνη, -ης, ἡ (δίκαιος), [in LXX chiefly for צֶדֶק, and cognates, Gen.15:6, al., rarely for חֶסֶד, Gen.19:19 ;] the character of ὁ δίκαιος (which see) 1. in broad sense, righteousness, conformity to the Divine will in purpose, thought and action: Mat.5:6, Jhn.16:8, Act.13:10, Rom.4:3; λόγος δικαιοσύνης, teaching of r., Heb.5:13; βασιλεὺς δ. (cf. FlJ, BJ, vi, 10, β. δίκαιος), Heb.7:2; ὅπλα δ., Rom.6:13; ὁδὸς δ., Mat.21:32; θώραξ τῆς δ., Eph.6:14; διὰκονοι δ., 2Co.11:15; ὁσιότης καὶ δ., Luk.1:75, cf. Eph.4:24; ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δ., Eph.5:9; δ. κ. εἰρήνη κ. χαρά, Rom.14:17; δ. κ. ἁγιασμός, 1Co.1:30; opposite to ἁμαρτία, Rom.8:10; ἀνομία, 2Co.6:14; άδικία, Rom.3:5; ποιεῖν τὴν δ., 1Jn.2:29 Jn 3:7; id. as an inclusive term for the active duties of the religious life (ICC, in l; Abbott, Essays, 73 ff), Mat.6:1; ἐργάζεσθαι δ., Act.10:35; διώκειν δ., 1Ti.6:11; πληροῦν πᾶσαν δ., Mat.3:15; ζῆν τῇ δ., 1Pe.2:24; δ. θεοῦ, a righteousness divine in its character and origin, Mat.6:33, Jas.1:20, (where it also includes the idea of God's personal r.; see ICC, on Rom.1:17) Rom.1:17 3:5, 21-26 10:3, 2Co.5:21, Php.3:9; ἡ δ. τ. πίσιεως, Rom.4:11; ἡ ἐκ π. δ., Rom.9:30; ἡ κατὰ π. δ., Heb.11:7; opposite to this is ἡ ἐκ νόμου δ., Rom.10:5; ἡ δ. ἐν ν., Php.3:6; ἡ ἰδία δ., Rom.10:3, cf. Php.3:9 2. In narrower sense (cf. δίκαιος), justice: Act.17:31, 2Pe.1:1, Rev.19:11 (DCG, ii, 529 ff.; Cremer, 190, 690). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(usually if not always in a Jewish atmosphere), justice, justness, righteousness, righteousness of which God is the source or author, but practically: a divine righteousness.

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How translators render G1343

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
righteousness 49
of righteousness 18
the righteousness 7
to righteousness 4
justice 2
what is right 2
a righteousness 1
it 1
justified 1
our righteousness 1
righteous acts 1
righteousness comes 1
righteousness that 1
the righteous 1
this righteousness 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
righteousness 50
of righteousness 19
the righteousness 13
of the righteousness 2
after righteousness 1
from righteousness 1
hath righteousness 1
righteousness sake 1
to righteousness 1
unto righteousness 1
unto the righteousness 1

Verses containing G1343

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  1. Matthew 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.

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  2. Matthew 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

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  3. Matthew 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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  4. Matthew 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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  5. Matthew 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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  6. Matthew 6:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

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  7. Matthew 21:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

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  8. Luke 1:75 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

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  9. John 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

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  10. John 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;

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  11. Acts 10:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

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  12. Acts 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

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  13. Acts 17:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

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  14. Acts 24:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

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  15. 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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  16. Romans 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

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  17. Romans 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

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  18. Romans 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

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  19. Romans 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

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  20. 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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  21. Romans 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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  22. Romans 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

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  23. Romans 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

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  24. Romans 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.

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  25. Romans 4:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

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  26. Romans 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

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  27. Romans 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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  28. Romans 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

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  29. Romans 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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  30. Romans 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.

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  31. Romans 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

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  32. Romans 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

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  33. Romans 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

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  34. Romans 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.

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  35. Romans 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

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  36. Romans 9:30 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

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  37. Romans 9:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

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  38. Romans 10:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

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  39. Romans 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

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  40. Romans 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

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  41. Romans 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)

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  42. Romans 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

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  43. Romans 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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  44. 1 Corinthians 1:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

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  45. 2 Corinthians 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

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  46. 2 Corinthians 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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  47. 2 Corinthians 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

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  48. 2 Corinthians 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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  49. 2 Corinthians 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

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  50. 2 Corinthians 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.

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