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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