Strong G94ἄδικος
unjust
- Transliteration
- adikos
- Pronunciation
- ad'-ee-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄδικος, -ον
(δίκη), [in LXX for שׁקר, עול, etc.;]
1. unjust: Rom.3:5, Heb.6:10.
2. unrighteous, wicked: Luk.16:11 18:11, Act.24:15, 1Co.6:1,9 1Pe.3:18; opposite to δίκαιος, Mat.5:45; to εὐσεβής, 2Pe.2:9; to πιστός, Luk.16:10 (Cremer, 200).
† (AS)
(δίκη), [in LXX for שׁקר, עול, etc.;]
1. unjust: Rom.3:5, Heb.6:10.
2. unrighteous, wicked: Luk.16:11 18:11, Act.24:15, 1Co.6:1,9 1Pe.3:18; opposite to δίκαιος, Mat.5:45; to εὐσεβής, 2Pe.2:9; to πιστός, Luk.16:10 (Cremer, 200).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G94 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- unjust7
- unrighteous4
First verses
- Matthew 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Luke 16:10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
- Luke 16:11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
- Acts 24:15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
- 1 Corinthians 6:1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- Hebrews 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- 2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄδῐκος, ον,
(δίκη) of persons, wrongdoing, unrighteous, unjust: ἄνθρωποι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 260: _comparative_ -ώτερος [prev. work] 272; δίκαν ἐξ ἀδίκων ἀπαιτῶ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 398 (Lyric poetry))]: superlative -ώτατος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1011 (Lyric poetry): ἄ. εἴς τι)] unjust in a thing, ἔς τινα towards a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.119; εἰς χρήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.6; περί τινα [prev. work] 27)]; ἄ. [ἐν τῷ ἀστραγαλίζειν] one who plays unfairly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.110b)]: with infinitive, so unjust as to. NT.Heb.6.10.
2 ἄ. ἵπποι obstinate, unmanageable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.26)]; ἄ. γνάθος the hard mouth of a horse, [Refs ([prev. author] “Eq.” 3.5.)]
II of things, unjust, unrighteous, ἔργα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 334, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5; ἕργματα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 380, 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.12; ἄδικα φρονέειν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 395)]; ἄ. λόγος frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.”)]; ἄρχειν χειρῶν ἀ. begin an assault, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 4.11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.13, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.39)]; τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ ἄ., τὰ δίκαια καὶ τὰ ἄ. right and wrong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 460a, etc.)]; πλοῦτος ἄ. ill-gotten, unrighteous, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.38; ζυγὸν ἄ. LXX.Amos.8.5; νομὴ ἄ. οὐδὲν ἰσχύει “PTeb.” 286.7 (2nd c.AD))]; ἡ ἄ... συναγωγὴ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός the unrighteous union, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 150a)]; ἄ. δίκη vexatious suit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 19D.)]
II.2 of the punishment of wrongdoing, Ζεὺς νέμων ἄδικα κακοῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 404 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 647.)]
III ἄ. ἡμέρα, i.e. ἄνευ δικῶν, a day on which the courts were shut, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 9: δίκαιος ἄ.)] who has not appeared in court, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 46.)]
IV adverb -κως[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.7, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1546; τοὺς ἀ. θνῄσκοντας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 113 (_anapaest meter_))]; εἴτε ὦν δὴ δικαίως εἴτε ἀ. jure an injuria, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137; δικαίως καὶ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 743b)]; οὐκ ἀ. not without reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (hymnus ad Mercurium 316, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 89.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 72a.)]
(δίκη) of persons, wrongdoing, unrighteous, unjust: ἄνθρωποι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 260: _comparative_ -ώτερος [prev. work] 272; δίκαν ἐξ ἀδίκων ἀπαιτῶ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 398 (Lyric poetry))]: superlative -ώτατος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1011 (Lyric poetry): ἄ. εἴς τι)] unjust in a thing, ἔς τινα towards a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.119; εἰς χρήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.6; περί τινα [prev. work] 27)]; ἄ. [ἐν τῷ ἀστραγαλίζειν] one who plays unfairly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.110b)]: with infinitive, so unjust as to. NT.Heb.6.10.
2 ἄ. ἵπποι obstinate, unmanageable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.26)]; ἄ. γνάθος the hard mouth of a horse, [Refs ([prev. author] “Eq.” 3.5.)]
II of things, unjust, unrighteous, ἔργα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 334, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5; ἕργματα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 380, 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.12; ἄδικα φρονέειν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 395)]; ἄ. λόγος frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.”)]; ἄρχειν χειρῶν ἀ. begin an assault, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 4.11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.13, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.39)]; τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ ἄ., τὰ δίκαια καὶ τὰ ἄ. right and wrong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 460a, etc.)]; πλοῦτος ἄ. ill-gotten, unrighteous, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.38; ζυγὸν ἄ. LXX.Amos.8.5; νομὴ ἄ. οὐδὲν ἰσχύει “PTeb.” 286.7 (2nd c.AD))]; ἡ ἄ... συναγωγὴ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός the unrighteous union, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 150a)]; ἄ. δίκη vexatious suit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 19D.)]
II.2 of the punishment of wrongdoing, Ζεὺς νέμων ἄδικα κακοῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 404 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 647.)]
III ἄ. ἡμέρα, i.e. ἄνευ δικῶν, a day on which the courts were shut, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 9: δίκαιος ἄ.)] who has not appeared in court, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 46.)]
IV adverb -κως[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.7, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1546; τοὺς ἀ. θνῄσκοντας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 113 (_anapaest meter_))]; εἴτε ὦν δὴ δικαίως εἴτε ἀ. jure an injuria, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137; δικαίως καὶ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 743b)]; οὐκ ἀ. not without reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (hymnus ad Mercurium 316, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 89.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 72a.)]