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δίκαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίκαιος δικαίᾱ δίκαιον

Structure: δικαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/kh

Sense

  1. observant of custom, orderly, civilized
  2. righteous
  3. equal, even, balanced
  4. exact, specific
  5. lawful, just, right
  6. fitting, normal
  7. real, genuine

Examples

  • κρεῖσσον ὀλίγον τῷ δικαίῳ ὑπὲρ πλοῦτον ἁμαρτωλῶν πολύν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 36:16)
  • ἐπίρριψον ἐπὶ Κύριον τὴν μέριμνάν σου, καὶ αὐτόσ σε διαθρέψει. οὐ δώσει εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα σάλον τῷ δικαίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 54:23)
  • καὶ ἐρεῖ ἄνθρωποσ. εἰ ἄρα ἐστὶ καρπὸσ τῷ δικαίῳ, ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ Θεὸσ κρίνων αὐτοὺσ ἐν τῇ γῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 57:12)
  • φῶσ ἀνέτειλε τῷ δικαίῳ καὶ τοῖσ εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ εὐφροσύνη. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 96:11)
  • καθίσατε δὴ καὶ μὴ εἴη ἄδικον, καὶ πάλιν τῷ δικαίῳ συνέρχεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:29)

Synonyms

  1. righteous

  2. equal

  3. exact

  4. real

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