δίκαιος, -α, -ον

(δίκη), [in LXX chiefly for צַדִּיק (for rendering of צַדִּיק in sense of correct, see Deiss. BS, 115 f.); sometimes for נָקִי as Pro.1:11, al. ;]

in early Gk. writers

__(a) of persons, observant of δίκη, custom, rule, right, righteous in performing duties to gods and men ;

__(b) of things, righteous, in accordance with right.

In NT

__1. righteous, chiefly in the broad sense, as above, of the person or thing corresponding to the Divine standard of right

__(a) of persons: of God, Rom.3:26, 1Jn.2:29 Jn 3:7; of Christ, Act.3:14 7:52 22:14, 1Pe.3:18, 1Jn.2:1; of men, Mat.1:19 (Abbott, Essays, 75 f.) Mat.10:41 13:17, 43 13:49, Luk.1:6, 17, Rom.5:7, 1Ti.1:9, Jas.5:6, 1Pe.3:12, 1Jn.3:7, Rev.22:11, al.; δ. καὶ εὐλαβής, Luk.2:25; ἅγιος, Mrk.6:20; ἀγαθός, Luk.23:50; φοβούμενος τ. θεόν, Act.10:22; opposite to ἀμαρτωλοὶ καὶ ἀσεβεῖς, 1Pe.4:18; ἄδικοι, Mat.5:45, Act.24:15; δ. ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.1:17, Gal.3:11, Heb.10:38" (LXX) ; δ. παρὰ τ. θεῷ, Rom.2:13

__(b) of things: ἔργα δ. opposite to πονηρὰ, 1Jn.3:12; ἐντολή, Rom.7:12; metaphorically, αἷμα, Mat.23:35; τὸ δ. Luk.12:57; δ. ἐστιν, Act.4:19, Eph.6:1, Php.1:7; ὅ, Mat.20:4; ὅσα, Php.4:8

__2. In narrower sense

__(a) of persons, as in later cl. writers, just, rendering to each his due: Tit.1:8, 1Jn.1:9; δ. κριτής, 2Ti.4:8

__(b) of things: τὸ δ. Col.4:1; δ. sc. ἐστιν, 2Th.1:6; κρίσις δ. Jhn.5:30; ὁδοί, Rev.15:3

SYN.: ἀγαθός (which see), καλός, χρηστός (Cremer, 183, 690). (AS)

righteous; just