Gloss
to justify, vindicate, declare righteous, to put someone in a proper relationship with another, usually referring to God's relationship to humankind, implying a proper legal or moral relationship
Forms of the word
Dictionary
δικαιόω
Greek transliteration
dikaioō
Simplified transliteration
dikaioo
Principal Parts
δικαιώσω, ἐδικαίωσα, -, δεδικαίωμαι, ἐδικαιώθην
Numbers
Strong's number
1344
GK Number
1467
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
39
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(3)
Definition
pr. to make or render right or just; mid. to act with justice, Rev. 22:11; to avouch to be good and true, to vindicate, Mt. 11:19; Lk. 7:29; to set forth as good and just, Lk. 10:29; 16:15; in NT to hold as guiltless, to accept as righteous, to justify, Rom. 3:26, 30; 4:5; 8:30, 33; pass. to be held acquitted, to be cleared, Acts 13:39; Rom. 3:24; 6:7; to be approved, to stand approved, to stand accepted, Rom. 2:13; 3:20, 28
Greek-English Concordance for δικαιόω
| Galatians 2:16 | yet we know that no one is justified (dikaioutai | δικαιοῦται | pres pass ind 3 sg) by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified (dikaiōthōmen | δικαιωθῶμεν | aor pass subj 1 pl) by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, since no one will (dikaiōthēsetai | δικαιωθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) be (dikaiōthēsetai | δικαιωθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) justified (dikaiōthēsetai | δικαιωθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) by the works of the law. |
| Galatians 2:17 | But if, while seeking to be justified (dikaiōthēnai | δικαιωθῆναι | aor pass inf ) in Christ, we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Of course not! |
| Galatians 3:8 | And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would (dikaioi | δικαιοῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) justify (dikaioi | δικαιοῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you will all nations be blessed.” |
| Galatians 3:11 | Now it is clear that no one is (dikaioutai | δικαιοῦται | pres pass ind 3 sg) justified (dikaioutai | δικαιοῦται | pres pass ind 3 sg) before God by the law, because “it is by faith that the righteous person will live.” |
| Galatians 3:24 | Thus the law was our disciplinarian until the time of Christ, so that we (dikaiōthōmen | δικαιωθῶμεν | aor pass subj 1 pl) might (dikaiōthōmen | δικαιωθῶμεν | aor pass subj 1 pl) be (dikaiōthōmen | δικαιωθῶμεν | aor pass subj 1 pl) declared (dikaiōthōmen | δικαιωθῶμεν | aor pass subj 1 pl) righteous (dikaiōthōmen | δικαιωθῶμεν | aor pass subj 1 pl) by faith. |
| Galatians 5:4 | You have cut yourself off from Christ, you (dikaiousthe | δικαιοῦσθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) who are (dikaiousthe | δικαιοῦσθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) trying (dikaiousthe | δικαιοῦσθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) to (dikaiousthe | δικαιοῦσθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) be (dikaiousthe | δικαιοῦσθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) justified (dikaiousthe | δικαιοῦσθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) by the law; you have fallen away from grace. |
| 1 Timothy 3:16 | And undeniably great is the mystery of godliness, who was revealed in flesh, was vindicated (edikaiōthē | ἐδικαιώθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) in spirit, appeared to angels; was preached among the nations, was believed in the world, was taken up in glory. |
| Titus 3:7 | so that having been justified (dikaiōthentes | δικαιωθέντες | aor pass ptcp nom pl masc) by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. |
| James 2:21 | Was (edikaiōthē | ἐδικαιώθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) not Abraham our father justified (edikaiōthē | ἐδικαιώθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? |
| James 2:24 | You see that a person is (dikaioutai | δικαιοῦται | pres pass ind 3 sg) justified (dikaioutai | δικαιοῦται | pres pass ind 3 sg) by works and not by faith alone. |
| James 2:25 | And in the same way was (edikaiōthē | ἐδικαιώθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) not also Rahab the harlot justified (edikaiōthē | ἐδικαιώθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) by works when she took in the spies and sent them out by another way? |
