Greek verb · G1344
δικαιόω
dikaioodik-ah-yo'-o
in cl.; In NT, as in LXX, and as usual with verbs in -όω from adjectives of moral meanin
38 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: dikaióō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1344is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 24spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1344
to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent
The King James renders it: free, justify(-ier), be righteous.
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
dikaioo is rendered "in cl.; In NT, as in LXX, and as usual with verbs in -όω from adjectives of moral meanin". It stands 38 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "in cl.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:19The 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.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
The 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.”
Matthew 11:19ἐδικαιώθη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifteen of the word's thirty-eight uses are in Romans.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: in cl., and In NT, as in LXX, and as usual with verbs in -όω from adjectives of moral meanin.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in cl.__(a) with accusative of thing(s), to deem right | Tagged as
and 8 more, 23 uses in all | WhereMatthew 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard… |
| In NT, as in LXX, and as usual with verbs in -όω from adjectives of moral meanin | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard… |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| δικαιοσύνη | dikaiosyne | righteousness | Uses92 |
| δίκαιος | dikaios | just | Uses79 |
| δικαίωμα | dikaioma | righteous act | Uses10 |
| δικαίως | dikaios | rightly | Uses5 |
| δικαστής | dikastes | magistrate | Uses2 |
| δικαίωσις | dikaiosis | justification | Uses2 |
| δικαιοκρισία | dikaiokrisia | justice | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 38, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 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
- ἐδικαιώθη6
- δικαιοῦται4
- δικαιωθέντες3
- δικαιοῦντα2
- δικαιωθήσεται2
- δικαιωθῶμεν2
- ἐδικαίωσεν2
- δεδικαίωμαι1
- δεδικαιωμένος1
- δεδικαίωται1
- δικαιοῖ1
- δικαιούμενοι1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-API-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-PPI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3V-APP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 1st person plural2V-APS-1P
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FPI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular2V-PAP-ASM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-API-2P
- verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-APN
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-APS-2S
Matthew
two uses
The 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.”
- ἐδικαιώθηedikaiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is justified
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
- δικαιωθήσῃdikaiotheseverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will be justified
Luke
five uses
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
- ἐδικαίωσανedikaiosanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: declared as righteous
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
- ἐδικαιώθηedikaiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was justified
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
- δικαιῶσαιdikaiosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to justify
So 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.
- δικαιοῦντεςdikaiountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: justifying
I 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.”
- δεδικαιωμένοςdedikaiomenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: justified
Acts
one use
Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
- δικαιοῦταιdikaioutaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is justified
Romans
fifteen uses
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.
- δικαιωθήσονταιdikaiothesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will be justified
Certainly 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.”
- δικαιωθῇςdikaiotheasverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: You may be justified
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
- δικαιωθήσεταιdikaiothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be justified
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- δικαιούμενοιdikaioumenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being justified
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.
- δικαιοῦνταdikaiountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: justifying
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
- δικαιοῦσθαιdikaiousthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be justified
since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
- δικαιώσειdikaioseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will justify
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
- ἐδικαιώθηedikaiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was justified
However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
- δικαιοῦνταdikaiountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: justifying
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Δικαιωθέντεςdikaiothentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having been justified
Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
- δικαιωθέντεςdikaiothentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having been justified
For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
- δεδικαίωταιdedikaiotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he has been freed
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
- ἐδικαίωσενedikaiosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He justified
- ἐδικαίωσενedikaiosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He justified
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
- δικαιῶνdikaionverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is justifying
1 Corinthians
two uses
My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
- δεδικαίωμαιdedikaiomaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have I been justified
And 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.
- ἐδικαιώθητεedikaiotheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were justified
Galatians
eight uses
know 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.
- δικαιοῦταιdikaioutaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is justified
- δικαιωθῶμενdikaiothomenverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may be justified
- δικαιωθήσεταιdikaiothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be justified
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!
- δικαιωθῆναιdikaiothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be justified
The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
- δικαιοῖdikaioiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: justifies
Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
- δικαιοῦταιdikaioutaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is justified
So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
- δικαιωθῶμενdikaiothomenverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may be justified
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
- δικαιοῦσθεdikaioustheverb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: are being justified
1 Timothy
one use
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
- ἐδικαιώθηedikaiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was justified
Titus
one use
so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
- δικαιωθέντεςdikaiothentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having been justified
James
three uses
Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
- ἐδικαιώθηedikaiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was justified
As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.
- δικαιοῦταιdikaioutaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is justified
In 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?
- ἐδικαιώθηedikaiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was justified
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.