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
| Luke 23:47 | Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, saying, “Truly this man was righteous!” (dikaios | δίκαιος | nom sg masc) |
| Luke 23:50 | Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous (dikaios | δίκαιος | nom sg masc) man. |
| John 5:30 | I can do nothing on my own; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just (dikaia | δικαία | nom sg fem) because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. |
| John 7:24 | Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with proper (dikaian | δικαίαν | acc sg fem) judgment.” |
| John 17:25 | Righteous (dikaie | δίκαιε | voc sg masc) Father, although the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me. |
| Acts 3:14 | But you denied the Holy and Righteous (dikaion | δίκαιον | acc sg masc) One, and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you, |
| Acts 4:19 | But Peter and John said in answer to them, “Whether it is right (dikaion | δίκαιον | nom sg neut) before God to obey you rather than God, you must judge, |
| Acts 7:52 | Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Righteous (dikaiou | δικαίου | gen sg masc) One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers! |
| Acts 10:22 | And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright (dikaios | δίκαιος | nom sg masc) man and one who fears God, who is well spoken of by the whole nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from you.” |
| Acts 22:14 | And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous (dikaion | δίκαιον | acc sg masc) One and to hear a voice from his mouth. |
| Acts 24:15 | having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there is to be a resurrection both of the just (dikaiōn | δικαίων | gen pl masc) and of the unjust. |
| Romans 1:17 | For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The righteous (dikaios | δίκαιος | nom sg masc) by faith will live.” |
| Romans 2:13 | for it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous (dikaioi | δίκαιοι | nom pl masc) before God, but the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. |
| Romans 3:10 | as it is written, “No one is righteous (dikaios | δίκαιος | nom sg masc), not even one; |
| Romans 3:26 | It was also to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, that he might be just (dikaion | δίκαιον | acc sg masc) and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. |
| Romans 5:7 | For rarely will one die for an upright (dikaiou | δικαίου | gen sg masc) person — though perhaps for a genuinely good person one might actually dare to die. |
| Romans 5:19 | For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous (dikaioi | δίκαιοι | nom pl masc). |
| Romans 7:12 | So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous (dikaia | δικαία | nom sg fem) and good. |
| Galatians 3:11 | Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because “it is by faith that the righteous (dikaios | δίκαιος | nom sg masc) person will live.” |
| Ephesians 6:1 | Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right (dikaion | δίκαιον | nom sg neut). |
| Philippians 1:7 | It is right (dikaion | δίκαιον | nom sg neut) for me to feel this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all share with me in the grace of God. |
| Philippians 4:8 | Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just (dikaia | δίκαια | nom pl neut), whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. |
| Colossians 4:1 | Masters, treat your slaves justly (dikaion | δίκαιον | acc sg neut) and fairly, your slaves treat knowing that you too have a Master in heaven. |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:5 | This is evidence of the righteous (dikaias | δικαίας | gen sg fem) judgment of God, and results in your being considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are indeed suffering. |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:6 | For it is a righteous thing (dikaion | δίκαιον | nom sg neut) for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, |
