Definition

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

Etymology

from G94 (ἄδικος);

Where the KJV renders it

• hurt
• injure
• be an offender
• be unjust
• (do
• suffer
• take) wrong

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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