G1349: δίκη
díkē · “condemnation”
Definition
right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution)
KJV translates it as: judgment, punish, vengeance
Word origin: probably from G1166 (δεικνύω);
Extended definition
[in LXX for נָקָם, רִיב, etc. ;]
1. custom.
2. right.
3. a judicial hearing; hence its result, the execution of a sentence, punishment: δ. τίνειν, 2Th.1:9; δ. υπεχειν, Ju 7.
4. Personified (cf. Lat. Justitia), justice, vengeance: Act.28:4.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1349 is translated
- the penalty ×2
- justice ×1
Bible verses with G1349 (díkē)
Díkē appears in 3 verses.
- Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
- Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.