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Greek adjective · G1342

δίκαιος

dikaiosdik'-ah-yos

righteous; In narrower sense

79 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: díkaios

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1342is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 20 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 18
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1342

equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)

The King James renders it: just, meet, right(-eous).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

dikaios is rendered "righteous; In narrower sense". It stands 79 times in the Greek text, across twenty books.

  • Seventeen of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "righteous".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:19Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
  • The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.

The first use

Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

Matthew 1:19δίκαιος

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: righteous, and In narrower sense.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
righteouschiefly in the broad sense, as above, of the person or thing corresponding to the Divine standard of right __(a) of personsTagged as
  • righteous53
  • right7
  • just3
  • of a righteous3
  • Righteous One3
  • a righteous2
  • of righteous2
  • the righteous2

and 3 more, 78 uses in all

WhereJohn 3:7Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
In narrower sense__(a) of persons, as in later cl. writers, just, rendering to each his dueTagged as
  • upright1
WhereJohn 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

δικαιοσύνηdikaiosynerighteousnessUses92
δικαιόωdikaiooto justifyUses38
δικαίωμαdikaiomarighteous actUses10
δικαίωςdikaiosrightlyUses5
δικαστήςdikastesmagistrateUses2
δικαίωσιςdikaiosisjustificationUses2
δικαιοκρισίαdikaiokrisiajusticeUses1

The words it stands beside

All 79, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

18 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • δίκαιον17
  • δίκαιος16
  • δίκαιοι9
  • δικαίου6
  • δικαίους6
  • δικαίων5
  • δίκαιός4
  • δίκαιαι3
  • δικαία2
  • δικαίαν2
  • δικαίῳ2
  • δίκαια1

and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular20A-NSM
  • adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular9A-ASM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural9A-NPM
  • adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural6A-APM
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural6A-GPM
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular6A-GSM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular6A-NSN
  • adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular3A-ASN
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine plural3A-NPF
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular2A-ASF
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2A-DSM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural2A-NPN

Matthew

seventeen uses
  • Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

    Matthew 1:19

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

    Matthew 5:45

    • δικαίουςdikaiousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

    Matthew 9:13

    • δικαίουςdikaiousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

    Matthew 10:41

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
    • δικαίουdikaiouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of a righteous
    • δικαίουdikaiouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of a righteous
  • For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

    Matthew 13:17

    • δίκαιοιdikaioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

    Matthew 13:43

    • δίκαιοιdikaioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,

    Matthew 13:49

    • δικαίωνdikaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’

    Matthew 20:4

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: right
  • In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

    Matthew 23:28

    • δίκαιοιdikaioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

    Matthew 23:29

    • δικαίωνdikaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

    Matthew 23:35

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: righteous
    • δικαίουdikaiouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

    Matthew 25:37

    • δίκαιοιdikaioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

    Matthew 25:46

    • δίκαιοιdikaioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: the righteous
  • While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

    Matthew 27:19

    • δικαίῳdikaioadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Mark

two uses
  • On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

    Mark 2:17

    • δικαίουςdikaiousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

    Mark 6:20

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Luke

eleven uses
  • Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

    Luke 1:6

    • δίκαιοιdikaioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

    Luke 1:17

    • δικαίωνdikaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of righteous
  • Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

    Luke 2:25

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

    Luke 5:32

    • δικαίουςdikaiousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

    Luke 12:57

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: right
  • and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

    Luke 14:14

    • δικαίων.¶dikaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

    Luke 15:7

    • δικαίοιςdikaioisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous ones
  • To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

    Luke 18:9

    • δίκαιοιdikaioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

    Luke 20:20

    • δικαίουςdikaiousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

    Luke 23:47

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

    Luke 23:50

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous

John

three uses
  • I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

    John 5:30

    • δικαίαdikaiaadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: just
  • Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

    John 7:24

    • δικαίανdikaianadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: righteous
  • Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

    John 17:25

    • δίκαιεdikaieadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Acts

six uses
  • You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

    Acts 3:14

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Righteous One
  • But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

    Acts 4:19

    • δίκαιόνdikaionadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: right
  • Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

    Acts 7:52

    • δικαίουdikaiouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Righteous One
  • “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

    Acts 10:22

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.

    Acts 22:14

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Righteous One
  • and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

    Acts 24:15

    • δικαίωνdikaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of just

Romans

seven uses
  • For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

    Romans 1:17

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the righteous
  • For 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.

    Romans 2:13

    • δίκαιοιdikaioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

    Romans 3:10

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • He 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.

    Romans 3:26

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: just
  • Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

    Romans 5:7

    • δικαίουdikaiouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

    Romans 5:19

    • δίκαιοιdikaioiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

    Romans 7:12

    • δικαίαdikaiaadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: righteous

Galatians

one use
  • Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

    Galatians 3:11

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Ephesians

one use
  • Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

    Ephesians 6:1

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: right

Philippians

two uses
  • It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

    Philippians 1:7

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: right
  • Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

    Philippians 4:8

    • δίκαιαdikaiaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: right

Colossians

one use
  • Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

    Colossians 4:1

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: righteous

2 Thessalonians

two uses
  • All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

    2 Thessalonians 1:5

    • δικαίαςdikaiasadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: righteous
  • After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

    2 Thessalonians 1:6

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: righteous

1 Timothy

one use
  • We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

    1 Timothy 1:9

    • δικαίῳdikaioadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: for a righteous

2 Timothy

one use
  • From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.

    2 Timothy 4:8

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Titus

one use
  • Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

    Titus 1:8

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: upright

Hebrews

three uses
  • But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

    Hebrews 10:38

    • δίκαιόςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

    Hebrews 11:4

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

    Hebrews 12:23

    • δικαίωνdikaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of righteous

James

two uses
  • You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

    James 5:6

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

    James 5:16

    • δικαίουdikaiouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of a righteous

1 Peter

three uses
  • For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

    1 Peter 3:12

    • δικαίουςdikaiousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

    1 Peter 3:18

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

    1 Peter 4:18

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous

2 Peter

four uses
  • I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,

    2 Peter 1:13

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: Right
  • and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

    2 Peter 2:7

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

    2 Peter 2:8

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
    • δικαίανdikaianadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: righteous

1 John

six uses
  • If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    1 John 1:9

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: just
  • My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

    1 John 2:1

    • δίκαιονdikaionadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Righteous
  • If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

    1 John 2:29

    • δίκαιόςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

    1 John 3:7

    • δίκαιόςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
    • δίκαιόςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

    1 John 3:12

    • δίκαια.¶dikaiaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: righteous

Revelation

five uses
  • and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

    Revelation 15:3

    • δίκαιαιdikaiaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: Righteous
  • And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.

    Revelation 16:5

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Righteous
  • And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”

    Revelation 16:7

    • δίκαιαιdikaiaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: righteous
  • For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

    Revelation 19:2

    • δίκαιαιdikaiaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

    Revelation 22:11

    • δίκαιοςdikaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: righteous

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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

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