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Strong's G1349 · Greek

δίκη

dike · dee'-kay

probably from 1166; right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

δίκη (G1349)

3 δίκη , -ης, ἡ [in LXX for נקם , ריב , etc. ;] custom . right . a judicial hearing ; hence its result, the execution of a sentence, punishment : δ. τίνειν , II Th 1:9 ; δ. υπεχειν , Ju 7 . Personified (cf. Lat. Justitia ), justice, vengeance : Ac 28:4 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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