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Greek verb · G91

ἀδικέω

adikeoad-ee-keh'-o

intrans., to be ἄδικος; Trans.

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

Concordance spelling: adikéō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G91is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 21
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G91

to be unjust, i.e. (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically)

The King James renders it: hurt, injure, be an offender, be unjust, (do, suffer, take) wrong.

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

adikeo is rendered "intrans., to be ἄδικος; Trans.". It stands 28 times in the Greek text, across ten books.

  • Eleven of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "intrans., to be ἄδικος".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 20:13But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.

The first use

But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

Matthew 20:13ἀδικῶ

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

Where the word stands

Eleven of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Revelation.

The other 17 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: intrans., to be ἄδικος, and Trans..

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
intrans., to be ἄδικοςdo wrong, act wickedly or criminallyTagged as
  • to harm3
  • I do wrong2
  • being unrighteous1
  • being wronged1
  • do wrong1
  • doing wrong1
  • having done wrong1
  • having suffered wrong1

and 13 more, 24 uses in all

WhereActs 25:11If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die…
Trans.__(a) to do some wrongTagged as
  • suffering1
  • we have wronged1
  • wrong1
  • You wronged1
WhereMatthew 20:13But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you…

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.

ἀδικίαadikiaunrighteousnessUses25
ἄδικοςadikosunjustUses12
ἀδίκημαadikemacrimeUses3
ἀδίκωςadikosunjustlyUses1

All 28, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

21 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

  • ἀδικῆσαι4
  • ἀδικῶν3
  • ἀδικεῖτε2
  • ἀδικῶ2
  • ἀδικεῖσθε1
  • ἀδικηθέντος1
  • ἀδικηθῇ1
  • ἀδικήσαντος1
  • ἀδικησάτω1
  • ἀδικήσῃ1
  • ἀδικήσῃς.¶1
  • ἀδικήσητε1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)4V-AAN
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-PAI-1S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-PAI-2P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AAI-1P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AAI-2P
  • verb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singular1V-AAM-3S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-AAP-GSM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-AAS-2P
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-AAS-2S

Matthew

one use
  • But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

    Matthew 20:13

    • ἀδικῶadikoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I do wrong

Luke

one use
  • Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.

    Luke 10:19

    • ἀδικήσῃadikeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may injure

Acts

five uses
  • And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.

    Acts 7:24

    • ἀδικούμενονadikoumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: being wronged
  • The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

    Acts 7:26

    • ἀδικεῖτεadikeiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: wrong
  • But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

    Acts 7:27

    • ἀδικῶνadikonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: mistreating
  • Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

    Acts 25:10

    • ἠδίκησαedikesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have done wrong
  • If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

    Acts 25:11

    • ἀδικῶadikoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I do wrong

1 Corinthians

two uses
  • The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

    1 Corinthians 6:7

    • ἀδικεῖσθεadikeistheverb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: suffer wrong
  • Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!

    1 Corinthians 6:8

    • ἀδικεῖτεadikeiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: do wrong

2 Corinthians

three uses
  • Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

    2 Corinthians 7:2

    • ἠδικήσαμενedikesamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have wronged
  • So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

    2 Corinthians 7:12

    • ἀδικήσαντοςadikesantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having done wrong
    • ἀδικηθέντοςadikethentosverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having suffered wrong

Galatians

one use
  • I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.

    Galatians 4:12

    • ἠδικήσατεedikesateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You wronged

Colossians

two uses
  • Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.

    Colossians 3:25

    • ἀδικῶνadikonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: doing wrong
    • ἠδίκησενedikesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he has done wrong

Philemon

one use
  • But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.

    Philemon 1:18

    • ἠδίκησένedikesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he has wronged

2 Peter

one use
  • The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

    2 Peter 2:13

    • ἀδικούμενοιadikoumenoiverb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: suffering

Revelation

eleven uses
  • He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

    Revelation 2:11

    • ἀδικηθῇadiketheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be injured
  • And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”

    Revelation 6:6

    • ἀδικήσῃς.¶adikesesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may injure
  • And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

    Revelation 7:2

    • ἀδικῆσαιadikesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to harm
  • “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

    Revelation 7:3

    • ἀδικήσητεadikeseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: may harm
  • They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

    Revelation 9:4

    • ἀδικήσουσινadikesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will harm
  • They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

    Revelation 9:10

    • ἀδικῆσαιadikesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to injure
  • For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

    Revelation 9:19

    • ἀδικοῦσινadikousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they injure
  • If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

    Revelation 11:5

    • ἀδικῆσαιadikesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to harm
    • ἀδικῆσαιadikesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to harm
  • 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

    • ἀδικῶνadikonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being unrighteous
    • ἀδικησάτωadikesatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should be unrighteous

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 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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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