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Unjust

ἄδικοςStrong’s G0094

adikos

Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament

In short

Adikos is the Greek word usually translated “unrighteous”, “unjust” and “unrighteous ones”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.

“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:”
2 Peter 2:9 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “unrighteous”, “unjust” and “unrighteous ones”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • unrighteous 9
  • of unjust 1
  • unrighteous ones 1
  • unjust 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 3
  • 1 Corinthians 2
  • Matthew 1
  • Acts 1
  • Romans 1
  • Hebrews 1

8 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἄδικος adikos · unjust

ἄδικος, -ον (δίκη), [in LXX for שׁקר, עול, etc. ;] 1. unjust: Rom.3:5, Heb.6:10. 2. unrighteous, wicked: Luk.16:11 18:11, Act.24:15, 1Co.6:1,9 1Pe.3:18; opposite to δίκαιος, Mat.5:45; to εὐσεβής, 2Pe.2:9; to πιστός, Luk.16:10 (Cremer, 200). † (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “unrighteous” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

UNRIGHTEOUS, adjective

unri'chus.

  1. Not righteous; not just; not conformed in heart and life to the divine law; evil; wicked; used of persons.
  2. Unjust; contrary to law and equity; as an unrighteous decree or sentence.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.