Strong G1342δίκαιος
just
- Transliteration
- dikaios
- Pronunciation
- dik'-ah-yos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G1349; equitable (in character or act); by implication innocent holy (absolutely or relatively): - just meet right (-eous).
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G1342 appears in 76 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- righteous30
- just26
- man8
- right5
- be2
- meet2
- person2
- o1
- thing1
First verses
- Matthew 1:19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
- 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.
- Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Matthew 10:41He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
- Matthew 13:17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
- Matthew 13:43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Matthew 13:49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
- Matthew 20:4And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
- Matthew 20:7They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
- Matthew 23:28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
- Matthew 23:29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
- Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
- Matthew 25:37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
- Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
- Matthew 27:19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
- Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
- Mark 2:17When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Mark 6:20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δίκαιος [ῐ], α, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 901 (Lyric poetry), “IT” 1202, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.72)]: (δίκη):
A in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and all writers, of persons, observant of custom or rule, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.52)]; especially of social rule, well-ordered, civilized, ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (9.175, compare 8.575; [Γαλακτοφάγοι] δικαιότατοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.6; [Χείρων] δικαιότατος Κενταύρων 11.832, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 314, 794)]; δ. πολίτης a good citizen, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.21, etc.)]: metaphorically of the sea, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 12.2 (_superlative_))]; δικαίη ζόη a civilized way of living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.177.)] adverb δικαίως, μνᾶσθαι woo in due form, decently, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.90; ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον δ. εἶχον)]loyally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 292.)]
A.2 observant of duty to gods and men, righteous, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.209, etc.; δ. πρὸς πᾶσαν ὁμιλίην 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἰητροῦ” 2; ἰθὺς καὶ δ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96)]; opposed to δυσσεβής, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 598, compare 610; δ. καὶ ὅσιος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 507b; δικαίων ἀδίκους φρένας παρασπᾷς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 791 (Lyric poetry))]; also of actions, etc., righteous, ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ a thing rightly said, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.414, etc.)]
A.3 ὁ δίκαιος, euphemistic of a sacred snake, [Refs (“GDI” 5056 (from Crete).)]
B later:
B.I equal, even, well-balanced, ἅρμα δίκαιον evengoing chariot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.26: so _metaphorically_, νωμᾷ δικαίῳ πηδαλίῳ στρατόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.86; δικαιόταται ἀντιρροπαί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 7)]; δικαιότατα μοχλεύειν [Refs ([prev. passage]: hence,)]fair, impartial, βάσανος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.8; συγγραφεύς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 39.)]
B.I.b legally exact, precise, τῷ δικαιοτάτῳ τῶν λόγων to speak quite exactly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.108, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44)]; of Numbers, αἱ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.149)]. adverb -αίως, πάντα δ. ὑμῖν τετήρηται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.3; δ. ἐξετάζειν [prev. work]154.)]
B.I.2 lawful, just, especially τὸ δ. right, opposed to τὸ ἄδικον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 189 (Lyric poetry), etc.; τὸ δ. τὸ νόμιμον καὶ τὸ ἴσον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1129a34; δ. διορθωτικόν, διανεμητικόν, [prev. work] 1131b25, 27)]; τὸ πολιτικὸν δ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1134b18; ἔστι ἐπιεικὲς τὸ παρὰ τὸν γεγραμμένον νόμον δ. [prev. author] “Rh.” 1374a27, compare “EN” 1137b12; καὶ δίκαια κἄδικα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 99; τὰ ἴσα καὶ τὰ δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.67)]; τοὐμὸν δ. my own right, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 810)]; ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦτο τὸ δ. bring the case to this issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.24)]; οὐδὲν τῶν δ. ποιεῖν τινί not to do what is just and right by a man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.10)]; τὰ δ. ἔχειν, λαμβάνειν, receive one's due, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.7.14, 17)]; τὰ δ. πράττεσθαι πόλιν give a city its deserts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 812)]; ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου, ={δικαίως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1435, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89)]; so ἀπὸ τοῦ δικαίου, τῶν δικαίων, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 50.8 (2nd c.BC), 123.8 (1st c.BC))]; μετὰ τοῦ δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.12, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.177)]; τὸ δίκαιον lawful claim, ἃ ἔχομεν δίκαια πρός.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.54, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.179, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 3, etc.)]; τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους δ. mutual obligations or contracts, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.21.10)]; ἐπὶ συγκειμένοις τισὶ δικαίοις on certain agreed terms, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.51)]. adverb -αίως rightly, justly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137; μεῖζον ἢ δ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 376 (Lyric poetry); καὶ δ. καὶ ἀδίκως 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.135.)]
B.II of persons and things, meet and right, fitting, δ. τοῦδε τοῦ φόνου ῥαφεύς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1604; κόσμος οὐ φέρειν δ. [prev. author] “Eu.” 55)]; ἵππον δ. ποιεῖσθαί τινι make a horse fit for another's use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.5, compare “Cyn.” 7.4 (ἵππος δ. τὴν σιαγόνα)] having a good mouth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.196).)]
B.II.b normal, σχήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 69; φύσις [prev. author] “Fract.” 1 (_superlative_).)]
B.II.2 real, genuine, γόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” [1119]; ποιῶν τὰ ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ δ. “Supp.epigram” 2.184.7 (Tanagra, 2nd c.BC).)] adverb, εἴπερ δικαίως ἐστ᾽ ἐμός really and truly mine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 547, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 418e.)]
B.II.3 ὁ δ. λόγος the plea of equity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76)]. adverb -αίως with reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.34, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 675)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1149, etc.;)] also -οτέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.170)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1222)]; Aeolic dialect δικαίτατα [Refs (“IG” 12(2).526c17 (from Eresus).)]
B.III ψυχὴ ἐς τὸ δ. ἔβη 'the land of the leal', [Refs (“IG” 7.2543.3 (from Thebes).)]
C in Prose, δίκαιός εἰμι, with infinitive, δίκαιοί ἐστε ἰέναι you are bound to come, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60, compare 8.137; δ. εἰμεν ἔχειν [prev. author] 9.27)]; δ. εἰμι κολάζειν I have a right to punish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1434, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 400; δ. ἐστι περιπεσεῖν κακοῖς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.7)]; δ. εἰσι ἀπιστότατοι εἶναι they have most reason to distrust, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17; δ. βλάπτεσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.12; δ. ἐστιν ἀπολωλέναι)]dignus est qui pereat, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.37)]; ὁ σπουδαῖος ἄρχειν δ. has a right to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b12)]; with a non-personal subject, ἔλεος δ. ἀντιδίδοσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40)]: less frequently in comparative and superlative, δικαιότεροι χαρίσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.34; δικαιότατος εἶ ἀπαγγέλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 172b)]; but δίκαιόν ἐστι is also found, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.39, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 611, etc.: _plural_, δίκαια γὰρ τόνδ᾽ εὐτυχεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1126, compare “Tr.” 495, 1116)]; δικαίως ἄν, with optative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276a. [δικαίων)] with penultimate short in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 247.2)]; compare οὐ δίκαον· οὐ δίκαιον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus])]
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 901 (Lyric poetry), “IT” 1202, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.72)]: (δίκη):
A in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and all writers, of persons, observant of custom or rule, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.52)]; especially of social rule, well-ordered, civilized, ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (9.175, compare 8.575; [Γαλακτοφάγοι] δικαιότατοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.6; [Χείρων] δικαιότατος Κενταύρων 11.832, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 314, 794)]; δ. πολίτης a good citizen, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.21, etc.)]: metaphorically of the sea, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 12.2 (_superlative_))]; δικαίη ζόη a civilized way of living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.177.)] adverb δικαίως, μνᾶσθαι woo in due form, decently, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.90; ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον δ. εἶχον)]loyally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 292.)]
A.2 observant of duty to gods and men, righteous, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.209, etc.; δ. πρὸς πᾶσαν ὁμιλίην 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἰητροῦ” 2; ἰθὺς καὶ δ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96)]; opposed to δυσσεβής, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 598, compare 610; δ. καὶ ὅσιος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 507b; δικαίων ἀδίκους φρένας παρασπᾷς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 791 (Lyric poetry))]; also of actions, etc., righteous, ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ a thing rightly said, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.414, etc.)]
A.3 ὁ δίκαιος, euphemistic of a sacred snake, [Refs (“GDI” 5056 (from Crete).)]
B later:
B.I equal, even, well-balanced, ἅρμα δίκαιον evengoing chariot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.26: so _metaphorically_, νωμᾷ δικαίῳ πηδαλίῳ στρατόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.86; δικαιόταται ἀντιρροπαί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 7)]; δικαιότατα μοχλεύειν [Refs ([prev. passage]: hence,)]fair, impartial, βάσανος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.8; συγγραφεύς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 39.)]
B.I.b legally exact, precise, τῷ δικαιοτάτῳ τῶν λόγων to speak quite exactly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.108, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44)]; of Numbers, αἱ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.149)]. adverb -αίως, πάντα δ. ὑμῖν τετήρηται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.3; δ. ἐξετάζειν [prev. work]154.)]
B.I.2 lawful, just, especially τὸ δ. right, opposed to τὸ ἄδικον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 189 (Lyric poetry), etc.; τὸ δ. τὸ νόμιμον καὶ τὸ ἴσον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1129a34; δ. διορθωτικόν, διανεμητικόν, [prev. work] 1131b25, 27)]; τὸ πολιτικὸν δ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1134b18; ἔστι ἐπιεικὲς τὸ παρὰ τὸν γεγραμμένον νόμον δ. [prev. author] “Rh.” 1374a27, compare “EN” 1137b12; καὶ δίκαια κἄδικα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 99; τὰ ἴσα καὶ τὰ δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.67)]; τοὐμὸν δ. my own right, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 810)]; ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦτο τὸ δ. bring the case to this issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.24)]; οὐδὲν τῶν δ. ποιεῖν τινί not to do what is just and right by a man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.10)]; τὰ δ. ἔχειν, λαμβάνειν, receive one's due, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.7.14, 17)]; τὰ δ. πράττεσθαι πόλιν give a city its deserts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 812)]; ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου, ={δικαίως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1435, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89)]; so ἀπὸ τοῦ δικαίου, τῶν δικαίων, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 50.8 (2nd c.BC), 123.8 (1st c.BC))]; μετὰ τοῦ δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.12, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.177)]; τὸ δίκαιον lawful claim, ἃ ἔχομεν δίκαια πρός.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.54, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.179, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 3, etc.)]; τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους δ. mutual obligations or contracts, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.21.10)]; ἐπὶ συγκειμένοις τισὶ δικαίοις on certain agreed terms, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.51)]. adverb -αίως rightly, justly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137; μεῖζον ἢ δ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 376 (Lyric poetry); καὶ δ. καὶ ἀδίκως 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.135.)]
B.II of persons and things, meet and right, fitting, δ. τοῦδε τοῦ φόνου ῥαφεύς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1604; κόσμος οὐ φέρειν δ. [prev. author] “Eu.” 55)]; ἵππον δ. ποιεῖσθαί τινι make a horse fit for another's use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.5, compare “Cyn.” 7.4 (ἵππος δ. τὴν σιαγόνα)] having a good mouth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.196).)]
B.II.b normal, σχήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 69; φύσις [prev. author] “Fract.” 1 (_superlative_).)]
B.II.2 real, genuine, γόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” [1119]; ποιῶν τὰ ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ δ. “Supp.epigram” 2.184.7 (Tanagra, 2nd c.BC).)] adverb, εἴπερ δικαίως ἐστ᾽ ἐμός really and truly mine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 547, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 418e.)]
B.II.3 ὁ δ. λόγος the plea of equity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76)]. adverb -αίως with reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.34, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 675)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1149, etc.;)] also -οτέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.170)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1222)]; Aeolic dialect δικαίτατα [Refs (“IG” 12(2).526c17 (from Eresus).)]
B.III ψυχὴ ἐς τὸ δ. ἔβη 'the land of the leal', [Refs (“IG” 7.2543.3 (from Thebes).)]
C in Prose, δίκαιός εἰμι, with infinitive, δίκαιοί ἐστε ἰέναι you are bound to come, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60, compare 8.137; δ. εἰμεν ἔχειν [prev. author] 9.27)]; δ. εἰμι κολάζειν I have a right to punish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1434, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 400; δ. ἐστι περιπεσεῖν κακοῖς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.7)]; δ. εἰσι ἀπιστότατοι εἶναι they have most reason to distrust, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17; δ. βλάπτεσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.12; δ. ἐστιν ἀπολωλέναι)]dignus est qui pereat, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.37)]; ὁ σπουδαῖος ἄρχειν δ. has a right to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b12)]; with a non-personal subject, ἔλεος δ. ἀντιδίδοσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40)]: less frequently in comparative and superlative, δικαιότεροι χαρίσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.34; δικαιότατος εἶ ἀπαγγέλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 172b)]; but δίκαιόν ἐστι is also found, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.39, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 611, etc.: _plural_, δίκαια γὰρ τόνδ᾽ εὐτυχεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1126, compare “Tr.” 495, 1116)]; δικαίως ἄν, with optative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276a. [δικαίων)] with penultimate short in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 247.2)]; compare οὐ δίκαον· οὐ δίκαιον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus])]