δικαιόω

δικαιόω, -ῶ

(δίκαιος), [in LXX chiefly for צָדַק pi., hi., (1) as Ezk 16,51, Jer 3,11 (cf. NT usage); (2) as 5 Mos 25,1 2 Mos 23,7, Es 50,8 ;]

1. in cl.,

(a) with accusative of thing(s), to deem right;

(b) with accusative of person(s), to do one justice; pass., δικαιοῦσθαι, to be treated rightly, opposite to ἀδικεῖσθαι.

2. In NT, as in LXX, and as usual with verbs in -όω from adjectives of moral meaning;

(1) to show to be righteous: Matt 11,19, Luk 7,35, Rom 3,4" (LXX), 1 Tim 3,16

(2) to declare, pronounce righteous: Luk 7,29; 10,29; 16,15; 18,14, Rom 2,13; 3,24, 26; 3,28; 4,5; 8,30, 33, Tit 3,7; before ἀπό, Matt 11,19, Luk 7,35, ApG 13,39, Rom 6,7; ἐκ πίστεως, Rom 3,30; 5,1, Gal 2,16; 3,8, 24; ἐξ ἔργων, Rom 3,20 (LXX) Rom 4,2, Gal 2,16, Jak 2,21, 24-25; ἐκ τ. λόγων, Matt 12,37 διὰ τ. πίστεως, Rom 3,30 with dative, Rom 3,24, 28, Tit 3,7; before ἐν, ApG 13,39, Rom 3,4; 5,9, 1 Kor 4,4; 6,11, Gal 2,17; 3,11; 5,4, 1 Tim 3,16 (see Cremer, 193, 693; DB, ii, 826 ff.).†