Definition

right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution)

Etymology

probably from G1166 (δεικνύω);

Word family

• δεικνύω deiknýō

How the KJV renders it

• judgment
• punish
• vengeance

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.