δίκαιος

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 Ord 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, 1 Joh 2,29 Joh 3,7; of Christ, ApG 3,14; 7,52; 22,14, 1 Pet 3,18, 1 Joh 2,1; of men, Matt 1,19 (Abbott, Essays, 75 f.) Matt 10,41; 13,17, 43; 13,49, Luk 1,6, 17, Rom 5,7, 1 Tim 1,9, Jak 5,6, 1 Pet 3,12, 1 Joh 3,7, Åb 22,11, al.; δ. καὶ εὐλαβής, Luk 2,25 ἅγιος, Mark 6,20 ἀγαθός, Luk 23,50 φοβούμενος τ. θεόν, ApG 10,22 opposite to ἀμαρτωλοὶ καὶ ἀσεβεῖς, 1 Pet 4,18 ἄδικοι, Matt 5,45, ApG 24,15; δ. ἐκ πίστεως, Rom 1,17, Gal 3,11, Hebr 10,38" (LXX) ; δ. παρὰ τ. θεῷ, Rom 2,13

(b) of things: ἔργα δ., opposite to πονηρὰ, 1 Joh 3,12 ἐντολή, Rom 7,12 metaphorically, αἷμα, Matt 23,35 τὸ δ., Luk 12,57 δ. ἐστιν, ApG 4,19, Ef 6,1, Fil 1,7; ὅ, Matt 20,4 ὅσα, Fil 4,8

2. In narrower sense

(a) of persons, as in later cl. writers, just, rendering to each his due: Tit 1,8, 1 Joh 1,9; δ. κριτής, 2 Tim 4,8

(b) of things: τὸ δ., Kol 4,1 δ., sc. ἐστιν, 2 Thess 1,6 κρίσις δ., Joh 5,30 ὁδοί, Åb 15,3

SYN.: ἀγαθός (which see), καλός, χρηστός (Cremer, 183, 690).