Strong G1738ἔνδικος

just

Transliteration
endikos
Pronunciation
en'-dee-kos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1722 and G1349; in the right that is equitable: - just.

Detailed definition

ἔνδικος, -ον
(δίκη),
righteous, just: Rom.3:8, Heb.2:2 (Cremer, 204).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1738 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • just2

First verses

  1. Romans 3:8
    And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
  2. Hebrews 2:2
    For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔνδῐκ-ος,
[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)] ἴνδικος, ον, (δίκη):
I of things, according to right, just, legitimate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.103)]; γόος ἔ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 330 (Lyric poetry); ὀνείδη [prev. author] “Eu.” 135; λέκτρα “IG” 12(5).675.4 (from Syros))]; κρίμα [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Rom.3.8: τὸ μὴ 'νδικον, ={τὸ ἄδικον}, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 682 (Lyric poetry); τὰ πάντων ἐνδικώτατα [prev. author] “OC” 925)]; μὴ λέγων γε τοὔνδικον not speaking truth, [Refs ([prev. author] “OT” 1158.)]
I.2 legal, ἔ. ἡμέρα a court-day, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.25.)]
I.2.b having a locus standi, μή οἱ ἔστω ἴνδικον μηδέποθι ἀλλ᾽ ἢ.. he shall not have the right to sue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(2).6.33 (Tegea, 4th c.BC),compare “Foed.Delph.Pell.” 2 A 16, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 915d, “IG” 22.46c56.)]
I.2.c ={ἔνοχος δίκα}, [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 3.23, 11.22.)]
I.2.d ἔ. πόλις a city in which justice is done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 292b)]; in which sales may be publicly registered, [Refs (Milet. Ergebnisse 3.140.)]
II of persons, upright, just, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 699, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 208; πρὸς ἐνδίκοις φρεσίν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 996 (Lyric poetry); δῆμος ἐνδικώτατος [prev. author] “fragment” 196:)]
II.c dative, ἔ. γάμοις favourable to them, [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 82 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 possessed of right, τίς μᾶλλον ἐνδικώτερο; who has a better right? [Refs ([prev. author] “Th.” 673.)]
III adverb -κως right, with justice, fairly, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pr.” 63, “Ch.” 462 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ὀρθῶς ἐ. τ᾽ ἐπώνυμος [prev. author] “Th.” 405)]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 85b.)]
III.2 justly, naturally, as one has a right to expect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 135, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 920.)]