δίκαιος

79 δίκαιος , -α, -ον ( δίκη ), [in LXX chiefly for צַדִּיק (for rendering of צַדִּיק in sense of correct , v. Deiss., BS , 115 f.); sometimes for נָקִי as Pr 1:11 , al. ;] in early Gk. writers of persons, observant of δίκη , custom, rule, right, righteous in performing duties to gods and men ; of things, righteous , in accordance with right. In NT righteous , chiefly in the broad sense, as above, of the person or thing corresponding to the Divine standard of right of persons: of God, Ro 3:26 , I Jo 2:29 3:7 ; of Christ, Ac 3:14 7:52 22:14 , I Pe 3:18 , I Jo 2:1 ; of men, Mt 1:19 (Abbott, Essays , 75 f.) 10:41 13:17 , 43 , 49 , Lk 1:6 , 17 , Ro 5:7 , I Ti 1:9 , Ja 5:6 , I Pe 3:12 , I Jo 3:7 , Re 22:11 , al.; δ. καὶ εὐλαβής , Lk 2:25 ; ἅγιος , Mk 6:20 ; ἀγαθός , Lk 23:50 ; φοβούμενος τ. θεόν , Ac 10:22 ; opp. to ἀμαρτωλοὶ καὶ ἀσεβεῖς , I Pe 4:18 ; ἄδικοι , Mt 5:45 , Ac 24:15 ; δ. ἐκ πίστεως , Ro 1:17 , Ga 3:11 , He 10:38 (LXX) ; δ. παρὰ τ. θεῷ , Ro 2:13 of things: ἔργα δ. , opp. to πονηρὰ , I Jo 3:12 ; ἐντολή , Ro 7:12 ; metaph., αἷμα , Mt 23:35 ; τὸ δ. , Lk 12:57 ; δ. ἐστιν , Ac 4:19 , Eph 6:1 , Phl 1:7 ; ὅ , Mt 20:4 ; ὅσα , Phl 4:8 In narrower sense of persons, as in later cl. writers, just , rendering to each his due: Tit 1:8 , I Jo 1:9 ; δ. κριτής , II Ti 4:8 of things: τὸ δ. , Col 4:1 ; δ. , sc. ἐστιν , II Th 1:6 ; κρίσις δ. , Jo 5:30 ; ὁδοί , Re 15:3 SYN. : ἀγαθός (q.v.), καλός , χρηστός (Cremer, 183, 690).