Word Study · Strong's G1344 · Greek
δικαιόω
dikaioo
dik-ah-yo'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: dikaióō
“to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent
Rendered in the KJV as
free, justify(-ier), be righteous.
- 38occurrencesin the New Testament
- 9 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 29inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 29
- ἐδικαιώθη5
- δικαιοῦται3
- δικαιοῦντα2
- δικαιωθέντες2
- δικαιωθήσεται2
- δεδικαίωμαι·1
- δεδικαιωμένος1
- δεδικαίωται1
- δικαιοῖ1
- δικαιούμενοι1
- δικαιοῦντες1
- δικαιοῦσθαι1
and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 27
- is justified4
- was justified4
- justifying3
- having been justified2
- to be justified2
- will be justified2
- are being justified,1
- being justified1
- declared as righteous1
- have I been justified;1
- Having been justified1
- he has been freed1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 24
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singular6
- verb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singular4
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 1st person plural2
- verb · future passive, statement · 3rd person singular2
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 2nd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-API-3S · 6
- V-PPI-3S · 4
- V-APP-NPM · 3
- V-AAI-3S · 2
- V-APS-1P · 2
- V-FPI-3S · 2
- V-PAP-ASM · 2
- V-AAI-3P · 1
- V-AAN · 1
- V-API-2P · 1
- V-APN · 1
- V-APS-2S · 1
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Romans carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 11:19ἐδικαιώθηedikaiōthēverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singularThe Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”here: is justified
- Matthew 12:37δικαιωθήσῃdikaiōthēsēverb · future passive, statement · 2nd person singularFor by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”here: you will be justified
Luke5 occurrences
- Luke 7:29ἐδικαίωσανedikaiōsanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralAll the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.here: declared as righteous
- Luke 7:35ἐδικαιώθηedikaiōthēverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singularBut wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”here: was justified
- Luke 10:29δικαιῶσαιdikaiōsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”here: to justify
- Luke 16:15δικαιοῦντεςdikaiountesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralSo He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.here: justifying
- Luke 18:14δεδικαιωμένοςdedikaiōmenosverb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularI tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”here: justified
Romans15 occurrences
- Romans 2:13δικαιωθήσονται.dikaiōthēsontaiverb · future passive, statement · 3rd person pluralFor it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.here: will be justified.
- Romans 3:4δικαιωθῇςdikaiōthēasverb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singularCertainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”here: You may be justified
- Romans 3:20δικαιωθήσεταιdikaiōthēsetaiverb · future passive, statement · 3rd person singularTherefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.here: will be justified
- Romans 3:24δικαιούμενοιdikaioumenoiverb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraland are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.here: being justified
- Romans 3:26δικαιοῦνταdikaiountaverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singularHe did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.here: justifying
- Romans 3:28δικαιοῦσθαιdikaiousthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.here: to be justified
- Romans 3:30δικαιώσειdikaiōseiverb · future active, statement · 3rd person singularsince there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.here: will justify
- Romans 4:2ἐδικαιώθη,edikaiōthēverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singularIf Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.here: was justified,
- Romans 4:5δικαιοῦνταdikaiountaverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singularHowever, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.here: justifying
- Romans 5:1Δικαιωθέντεςdikaiōthentesverb · aorist (simple past) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralTherefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,here: Having been justified
- Romans 5:9δικαιωθέντεςdikaiōthentesverb · aorist (simple past) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralTherefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!here: having been justified
- Romans 6:7δεδικαίωταιdedikaiōtaiverb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, statement · 3rd person singularFor anyone who has died has been freed from sin.here: he has been freed
- Romans 8:30ἐδικαίωσεν·edikaiōsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularAnd those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.here: He justified;
- Romans 8:30ἐδικαίωσεν,edikaiōsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularAnd those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.here: He justified,
- Romans 8:33δικαιῶν·dikaiōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularWho will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.here: is justifying;
1 Corinthians2 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 4:4δεδικαίωμαι·dedikaiōmaiverb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, statement · 1st person singularMy conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.here: have I been justified;
- 1 Corinthians 6:11ἐδικαιώθητεedikaiōthēteverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 2nd person pluralAnd that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.here: you were justified
Galatians8 occurrences
- Galatians 2:16δικαιοῦταιdikaioutaiverb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singularknow that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.here: is justified
- Galatians 2:16δικαιωθῶμενdikaiōthōmenverb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 1st person pluralknow that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.here: we may be justified
- Galatians 2:16δικαιωθήσεταιdikaiōthēsetaiverb · future passive, statement · 3rd person singularknow that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.here: will be justified
- Galatians 2:17δικαιωθῆναιdikaiōthēnaiverb · aorist (simple past) passive, infinitive (“to…”)But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!here: to be justified
- Galatians 3:8δικαιοῖdikaioiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularThe Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”here: justifies
- Galatians 3:11δικαιοῦταιdikaioutaiverb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singularNow it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”here: is justified
- Galatians 3:24δικαιωθῶμεν·dikaiōthōmenverb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 1st person pluralSo the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.here: we may be justified;
- Galatians 5:4δικαιοῦσθε,dikaioustheverb · present passive, statement · 2nd person pluralYou who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.here: are being justified,
James3 occurrences
- James 2:21ἐδικαιώθηedikaiōthēverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singularWas not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?here: was justified
- James 2:24δικαιοῦταιdikaioutaiverb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singularAs you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.here: is justified
- James 2:25ἐδικαιώθηedikaiōthēverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singularIn the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?here: was justified