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Just

ἔνδικοςStrong’s G1738

endikos

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Endikos is the Greek word usually translated “just”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.”
Romans 3:8 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • just 1
  • a just 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1
  • Hebrews 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἔνδικος endikos · just

ἔνδικος, -ον (δίκη), righteous, just: Rom.3:8, Heb.2:2 (Cremer, 204).† (AS)

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.]

  1. Regular; orderly; due; suitable.
  2. Exactly proportioned; proper.
  3. Full; complete to the common standard.
  4. Full; true; a sense allied to the preceding, or the same.
All definitions and other forms of “just”
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Conformed to truth; exact; proper; accurate; as just thoughts; just expressions; just images or representations; a just description; a just inference.
  5. True; founded in truth and fact; as a just charge or accusation.
  6. Innocent; blameless; without guilt.“How should man be just with God?” Job 9:2
  7. Equitable; due; merited; as a just recompense or reward.“--Whose damnation is just” Romans 3:8
  8. True to promises; faithful; as just to one's word or engagements.
  9. 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.

  1. Near or nearly in time; almost. just at that moment he arose and fled.
  2. Exactly; nicely; accurately.
  3. Merely; barely; exactly.
  4. 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

    1. To engage in mock fight on horseback.
    2. 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.