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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

  • καὶ ἐπίστευσεν Ἅβραμ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰσ δικαιοσύνην. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:6)
  • ᾔδειν γὰρ ὅτι συντάξει τοῖσ υἱοῖσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτόν, καὶ φυλάξουσι τὰσ ὁδοὺσ Κυρίου ποιεῖν δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν, ὅπωσ ἂν ἐπαγάγῃ Κύριοσ ἐπὶ Ἁβραὰμ πάντα, ὅσα ἐλάλησε πρὸσ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:19)
  • ἐπειδὴ εὗρεν ὁ παῖσ σου ἔλεοσ ἐναντίον σου καὶ ἐμεγάλυνασ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, ὃ ποιεῖσ ἐπ̓ ἐμὲ τοῦ ζῆν τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ δυνήσομαι διασωθῆναι εἰσ τὸ ὄροσ, μήποτε καταλάβῃ με τὰ κακὰ καὶ ἀποθάνω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:19)
  • ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα ἐξήγαγέ με ὁ Θεὸσ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρόσ μου, καὶ εἶπα αὐτῇ. ταύτην τὴν δικαιοσύνην ποιήσεισ εἰσ ἐμέ, εἰσ πάντα τόπον οὗ ἐὰν εἰσέλθωμεν ἐκεῖ, εἰπὸν ἐμέ, ὅτι ἀδελφόσ μου ἐστίν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:13)
  • νῦν οὖν ὄμοσόν μοι τὸν Θεόν, μὴ ἀδικήσειν με μηδὲ τὸ σπέρμα μου, μηδὲ τὸ ὄνομά μου. ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην, ἣν ἐποίησα μετὰ σοῦ, ποιήσεισ μετ̓ ἐμοῦ, καὶ τῇ γῇ, ᾗ σὺ παρῴκησασ ἐν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:23)

Synonyms

  1. righteousness

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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