ἀδικία

ἀδικία, -ας, ἡ

(ἄδικος), [in LXX for עָוֹן, פֶּשַׁע, עָוֶל, etc. ;]

1. injustice: Luk 18,6, Rom 9,14.

2. unrighteousness, iniquity: Joh 7,18, ApG 8,23, Rom 1,18, 29; 2,8; 6,13, 2 Tim 2,19, 1 Joh 1,9; 5,17; opposite to ἀλήθεια, 1 Kor 13,6, 2 Thess 2,12; to δικαιοσύνη ], Rom 3,5 ἀπάτη τῆς ἀ., 2 Thess 2,10 μισθὸς ἀδικίας, ApG 1,18, 2 Pet 2,13,15; ἐγράται τῆς ἀ., Luk 13,27 μαμωνᾶς τῆς ἀ., Luk 16,9 κόσμος τῆς ἀ., Jak 3,6 οἰκονόμος τῆς ἀ., Luk 16,8,

3. = ἀδίκημα, an unrighteous act: ironically, a favour, 2 Kor 12,13 pl., Hebr 8,12 (Cremer, 261; MM, VGT, see word).

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