Just
δίκαιοςStrong’s G1342dikaios
Appears in 76 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dikaios is the Greek word usually translated “righteous”, “right” and “just”. It appears in 76 verses of the New Testament.
“Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:”
Meaning
Usually translated “righteous”, “right” and “just”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- righteous 54
- right 8
- of a righteous 3
- just 3
- righteous one 3
- a righteous 2
- the righteous 2
- of righteous 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 16
- Luke 11
- Romans 7
- Acts 6
- 1 John 5
- Revelation 5
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6In contextSeeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
- 1 Timothy 1:9In contextKnowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
- Titus 1:8In contextBut a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
- 2 Peter 1:13In contextYea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
- 2 Peter 2:7In contextAnd delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
- 2 Peter 2:8In context(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
All 76 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
δίκαιος dikaios · just
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 Pro.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 …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “just” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JUST, adjective
[Latin justus. The primary sense is probably straight or close, from the sense of setting, erecting, or extending.]
- Regular; orderly; due; suitable.
- Exactly proportioned; proper.
- Full; complete to the common standard.
- Full; true; a sense allied to the preceding, or the same.
All definitions and other forms of “just”
- In a moral sense, upright; honest; having principles of rectitude; or conforming exactly to the laws, and to principles of rectitude in social conduct; equitable in the distribution of justice; as a just judge.
- In an evangelical sense, righteous; religious; influenced by a regard to the laws of God; or living in exact conformity to the divine will.“There is not a just man on earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not” Ecclesiastes 7:20
- Conformed to rules of justice; doing equal justice.“JUST balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just him shall ye have” Leviticus 19:36
- Conformed to truth; exact; proper; accurate; as just thoughts; just expressions; just images or representations; a just description; a just inference.
- True; founded in truth and fact; as a just charge or accusation.
- Innocent; blameless; without guilt.“How should man be just with God?” Job 9:2
- Equitable; due; merited; as a just recompense or reward.“--Whose damnation is just” Romans 3:8
- True to promises; faithful; as just to one's word or engagements.
- Impartial; allowing what is due; giving fair representation of character, merit or demerit.
JUST', adverb
Close or closely;; near or nearly, in place. He stood just by the speaker, and heard what he said. He stood just at the entrance of the city.
- Near or nearly in time; almost. just at that moment he arose and fled.
- Exactly; nicely; accurately.
- Merely; barely; exactly.
- Narrowly.
JUST, noun
A mock encounter on horseback; a combat for sport or for exercise, in which the combatants pushed with lances and swords, man to man, in mock fight; a tilt; one of the exercises at tournaments.
JUST, verb intransitive
- To engage in mock fight on horseback.
- To push; to drive; to justle.
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.