δίκαιος: Difference between revisions

|txtha=δίκαια, δίκαιον (from [[δίκη]] [[right]]) (fr. Homer down), [[properly]], the [[Hebrew]] צַדִּיק, "[[observant]] of ἡ [[δίκη]], [[righteous]], observing [[divine]] and [[human]] laws; [[one]] [[who]] is [[such]] as he [[ought]] to be; (German rechtbeschaffen; in the earlier [[language]], [[whence]] appropriated by Luther, gerecht in a [[broad]] [[sense]]; in Greek writings used [[even]] of [[physical]] things, as [[ἵππος]], [[Xenophon]], mem. 4,4, 5; [[γήδιον]] δικαιοτατον, [[most]] [[fertile]], [[Xenophon]], Cyril 8,3, 38; ([[ἅρμα]] δίκαιον, ibid. 2,2, 26));<br /><b class="num">1.</b> in a [[wide]] [[sense]], [[upright]], [[righteous]], [[virtuous]], [[keeping]] the commands of God;<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[universally]]: Isaiah, it [[was]] [[not]] [[consistent]] [[with]] his [[uprightness]] to [[expose]] his betrothed to [[public]] [[reproach]]); Winer's Grammar, 117 (111)); ἁμαρτωλοί καί ἀσεβεῖς, δίκαιοι καί ἄδικοι, [[εὐλαβής]], ἤθη ἐυλαβαη καί δίκαια, τό δίκαιον καί ἐυλαβες, [[Plato]], polit., p. 311a. b.); [[with]] [[ἅγιος]], [[ἀγαθός]], φοβούμενος [[τόν]] Θεόν, ἔργα δίκαια, [[opposite]] πονηρά, τό δίκαιον, [[that]] [[which]] [[regard]] for [[duty]] demands, [[what]] is [[right]]: δίκαιον ἐστι, [[ἐνώπιον]] [[τοῦ]] Θεοῦ, God [[being]] Judges, [[innocent]], [[faultless]], [[guiltless]], (for נָקִי, R G L brackets Tr brackets WH marginal [[reading]]; [[αἷμα]] δίκαιον, (Tr marginal [[reading]] WH [[text]]); ἡ [[ἐντολή]] ἅγια καί δίκαια (having no fellowship [[with]] [[sin]] (others [[besides]], [[see]] the commentaries at the [[passage]])) καί ἀγαθή, [[δίκαιος]]: [[ἅγιος]] καί [[δίκαιος]], [[δίκαιος]] [[can]] be [[found]], [[ἄνθρωπος]] [[οὐκ]] ἐστι [[δίκαιος]] ἐν τῇ γῆ, ὅς ποιήσει ἀγαθόν καί [[οὐχ]] ἁμαρτήσεται). of God: [[holy]], [[just]] or [[righteous]], on [[account]] of the [[following]] καί [[τόν]] δικαιοῦντα, and the justifier or [[who]] pronounces [[righteous]], [[but]] the [[substantial]] [[meaning]] is [[holy]], [[that]] [[quality]] by [[virtue]] of [[which]] he hates and punishes [[sin]]); approved God, [[acceptable]] to God, (German gottwohlgefallig): ἐκ πίστεως, [[acceptable]] to God by [[faith]] (Winer's Grammar, 136 (129)): [[δίκαιος]] [[παρά]] τῷ Θεῷ, [[rendering]] to [[each]] his [[due]]; and [[that]] in a [[judicial]] [[sense]], [[passing]] [[just]] [[judgment]] on others, [[whether]] expressed in words or shown by the [[manner]] of dealing [[with]] [[them]]: ὁ [[δίκαιος]] [[κριτής]], of Christ, [[κρίσις]] δίκαια, αἱ ὁδοί [[τοῦ]] Θεοῦ δίκαια καί ἀληθιναί, τό δίκαιον, [[what]] is [[due]] to others, δίκαιον [[namely]], ἐστιν, it is [[agreeable]] to [[justice]], (See references [[under]] the [[word]] [[δικαιόω]], at the [[end]]; cf. [[ἀγαθός]], at the [[end]].)