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δικαιοσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δικαιοσύνη δικαιοσύνης

Structure: δικαιοσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from di/kaios

Sense

  1. righteousness, justice
  2. fulfillment of the law
  3. Pythagorean name for four

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ εἶπε. δῶρον δέδοταί μοι ἐπὶ τῷ μισθῷ. καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευον αὐτῇ καὶ ἔλεγον ἀποδιδόναι αὐτὸ τοῖσ κυρίοισ καί ἠρυθρίων πρὸσ αὐτήν. ἡ δὲ ἀποκριθεῖσα εἶπέ μοι. ποῦ εἰσιν αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου καὶ αἱ δικαιοσύναι σου̣ ἰδοὺ γνωστὰ πάντα μετὰ σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 2:14)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἢ οὗτοι ἄνδρεσ ἐλέουσ, ὧν αἱ δικαιοσύναι οὐκ ἐπελήσθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 44:10)
  • καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀποστρέφειν δίκαιον ἀπὸ τῶν δικαιοσυνῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιήσει παράπτωμα καὶ δώσω τὴν βάσανον εἰσ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸσ ἀποθανεῖται, ὅτι οὐ διεστείλω αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἁμαρτίαισ αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖται, διότι οὐ μὴ μνησθῶσιν αἱ δικαιοσύναι αὐτοῦ, ἃσ ἐποίησε, καὶ τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆσ χειρόσ σου ἐκζητήσω. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 3:20)
  • ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀποστρέψαι δίκαιον ἐκ τῆσ δικαιοσύνησ αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιῆσαι ἀδικίαν κατὰ πάσασ τὰσ ἀνομίασ, ἃσ ἐποίησεν ὁ ἄνομοσ, πᾶσαι αἱ δικαιοσύναι αὐτοῦ, ἃσ ἐποίησεν, οὐ μὴ μνησθῶσιν. ἐν τῷ παραπτώματι αὐτοῦ, ᾧ παρέπεσε, καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἁμαρτίαισ αὐτοῦ, αἷσ ἥμαρτεν, ἐν αὐταῖσ ἀποθανεῖται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 18:24)
  • ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν με τῷ δικαίῳ. οὗτοσ πέποιθεν ἐπὶ τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιήσει ἀνομίαν, πᾶσαι αἱ δικαιοσύναι αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἀναμνησθῶσιν. ἐν τῇ ἀδικίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ᾗ ἐποίησεν, ἐν αὐτῇ ἀποθανεῖται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 33:13)

Synonyms

  1. righteousness

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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