Gloss
right, righteous, upright; in the NT this refers to God's proper standards and actions, expressed in the covenants; as a noun it refers to a person in accord with God's standards, in proper relationship with God
Forms of the word
Dictionary
δίκαιος, -αία, -αιον
Greek transliteration
dikaios
Simplified transliteration
dikaios
Numbers
Strong's number
1342
GK Number
1465
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
79
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(1)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for δίκαιος
| Matthew 1:19 | Because her husband Joseph was a just (dikaios | δίκαιος | nom sg masc) man and unwilling to disgrace her in public, he planned to release her quietly. |
| Matthew 5:45 | so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just (dikaious | δικαίους | acc pl masc) and on the unjust. |
| Matthew 9:13 | Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the pious (dikaious | δικαίους | acc pl masc), but sinners, to repentance.” |
| Matthew 10:41 | Whoever welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous (dikaion | δίκαιον | acc sg masc) person because he is a righteous (dikaiou | δικαίου | gen sg masc) person will receive a righteous (dikaiou | δικαίου | gen sg masc) person’s (dikaiou | δικαίου | gen sg masc) reward. |
| Matthew 13:17 | I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous (dikaioi | δίκαιοι | nom pl masc) people longed to see the things you are seeing but did not see them, and to hear the things you are hearing but did not hear them. |
| Matthew 13:43 | Then the righteous (dikaioi | δίκαιοι | nom pl masc) will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear! |
| Matthew 13:49 | So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous (dikaiōn | δικαίων | gen pl masc) |
| Matthew 20:4 | And to them he said, “You go into the vineyard as well, and whatever is fair (dikaion | δίκαιον | nom sg neut) I will pay you.’ |
| Matthew 23:28 | So you also outwardly appear to others as righteous (dikaioi | δίκαιοι | nom pl masc) but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. |
| Matthew 23:29 | “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous (dikaiōn | δικαίων | gen pl masc), |
| Matthew 23:35 | so that upon you will come all the righteous (dikaion | δίκαιον | nom sg neut) blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (dikaiou | δικαίου | gen sg masc) Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. |
| Matthew 25:37 | Then the righteous (dikaioi | δίκαιοι | nom pl masc) will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? |
| Matthew 25:46 | And these will depart to eternal punishment, but the righteous (dikaioi | δίκαιοι | nom pl masc) to eternal life.” |
| Matthew 27:19 | But while Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that innocent (dikaiō | δικαίῳ | dat sg masc) man; for I have suffered many things in a dream today on account of him.” |
| Mark 2:17 | When Jesus heard Jesus this he said to them, “Those who are in good health have no need have “Those who are in good health of a doctor, but those who are physically ill. who are I have not come to call the pious (dikaious | δικαίους | acc pl masc), but sinners, to repentance.” |
| Mark 6:20 | because Herod feared John, knowing him to be man, a just (dikaion | δίκαιον | acc sg masc) and holy man, and he protected him. |
| Luke 1:6 | And they were both righteous (dikaioi | δίκαιοι | nom pl masc) before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord. |
| Luke 1:17 | He will go on before him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers toward their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous (dikaiōn | δικαίων | gen pl masc), in order to establish for the Lord a people who are prepared for him.” |
| Luke 2:25 | Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous (dikaios | δίκαιος | nom sg masc) and devout, waiting expectantly for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. |
| Luke 5:32 | I have not come to call righteous (dikaious | δικαίους | acc pl masc) people, but sinners, to repentance.” |
| Luke 12:57 | “Why, indeed, do you not judge for yourselves what is right (dikaion | δίκαιον | acc sg neut)? |
| Luke 14:14 | Then you will be blessed, because they do not have a way to pay you back, for there will be a repayment for you at the resurrection of the righteous.“ (dikaiōn | δικαίων | gen pl masc) |
| Luke 15:7 | I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous (dikaiois | δικαίοις | dat pl masc) people who have no need of repentance. |
| Luke 18:9 | He also told this parable to some who were confident in themselves, because they were righteous (dikaioi | δίκαιοι | nom pl masc), and treated others with contempt. |
| Luke 20:20 | So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous (dikaious | δικαίους | acc pl masc) so they could catch him in his word, and in this way deliver him to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. |
