δίκαιος

G1342 G:A

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)