Strong’s G1342 · Greek
δίκαιος
díkaios
Definition
equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
Etymology
from G1349 (δίκη);
Where the KJV renders it
- just
- meet
- right(-eous)
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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