Word study · Greek
δικαιόω
dikaioōG1344to justify
Used 39 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- in cl.
- In NT, as in LXX, and as usual with verbs in -όω from adjectives of moral meaning;
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- δικαιόω, -ῶ
- (δίκαιος), [in LXX chiefly for צָדַק pi., hi., (1) as Eze.16:51, Jer.3:11 (cf. NT usage); (2) as Deu.25:1; Exo.23:7, Isa.50:8 ;]
- 1. in cl.,
- (a) with accusative of thing(s), to deem right;
- (b) with accusative of person(s), to do one justice; pass., δικαιοῦσθαι, to be treated rightly, opposite to ἀδικεῖσθαι.
- 2. In NT, as in LXX, and as usual with verbs in -όω from adjectives of moral meaning;
- (1) to show to be righteous: Mat.11:19, Luk.7:35, Rom.3:4" (LXX), 1Ti.3:16;
- (2) to declare, pronounce righteous: Luk.7:29 10:29 16:15 18:14, Rom.2:13 3:24, 26 3:28 4:5 8:30, 33, Tit.3:7; before ἀπό, Mat.11:19, Luk.7:35, Act.13:39, Rom.6:7; ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.3:30 5:1, Gal.2:16 3:8, 24; ἐξ ἔργων, Rom.3:20 (LXX) Rom.4:2, Gal.2:16, Jas.2:21, 24-25; ἐκ τ. λόγων, Mat.12:37; διὰ τ. πίστεως, Rom.3:30; with dative, Rom.3:24, 28, Tit.3:7; before ἐν, Act.13:39, Rom.3:4 5:9, 1Co.4:4 6:11, Gal.2:17 3:11 5:4, 1Ti.3:16 (see Cremer, 193, 693; DB, ii, 826 ff.).†
- (AS)
Same idea, other words · Righteousness and justice
The same word family carries both 'righteous' and 'just'. English splits them; the Bible often does not.
- צֶ֫דֶקtsedeq righteousnessrighteousness, what is rightH6664
- צְדָקָהtsedaqah righteousnessrighteousness as a lived quality or a giftH6666
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpat justice: judgementjustice, judgment, the right orderH4941
- δικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē righteousnessrighteousness, the standing and the conductG1343
- δίκαιοςdikaios justrighteous, justG1342
- δικαιόωdikaioō to justifyto declare righteous, to justifyG1344
Where it appears
- Matthew2
- Luke5
- Acts2
- Romans15
- 1 Corinthians2
- Galatians8
- 1 Timothy1
- Titus1
- James3
Every use · BSB
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
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