Condemnation
δίκηStrong’s G1349dikē
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dikē is the Greek word usually translated “penalty” and “justice”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;”
Meaning
Usually translated “penalty” and “justice”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- penalty 2
- justice 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- 2 Thessalonians 1
- Jude 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Jude 1:7In contextEven as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
- Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Greek dictionary
δίκη dikē · condemnation
δίκη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for נָקָם, רִיב, etc. ;] 1. custom. 2. right. 3. a judicial hearing; hence its result, the execution of a sentence, punishment: δ. τίνειν, 2Th.1:9; δ. υπεχειν, Ju 7. 4. Personified (cf. Lat. Justitia), justice, vengeance: Act.28:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “condemnation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONDEMNATION, noun
- The act of condemning; the judicial act of declaring one guilty, and dooming him to punishment.“For the judgment was by one to condemnation” Romans 5:16
- The state of being condemned.“Dost thou not fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation” Luke 23:40
- The cause or reason of a sentence of condemnation John 3:19
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.