δικαίωμα,
-τος,
τό, (from
δικαιόω;
ὃ δεδικαίωται or
τὸ δεδικαιωμένον),
Sept. very often for
חֹק,
חֻקָה, and
מִשְׁפָּט; for
מִצְוָה,
Deuteronomy 30:16;
1 Kings 2:3; plural occasionally for
פִּקּוּדִים;
1. that which has been deemed right so as to have the force of law;
a. what has been established and ordained by law, an ordinance: universally, of an appointment of God having the force of law,
Romans 1:32; plural used of the divine precepts of the Mosaic law:
τοῦ κυρίου,
Luke 1:6;
τοῦ νόμου,
Romans 2:26;
τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, collectively, of the (moral) precepts of the same law,
Romans 8:4;
δικαιώματα λατρείας, precepts concerning the public worship of God,
Hebrews 9:1;
δικαιώματα σαρκός, laws respecting bodily purity [(?) cf.
Hebrews 7:16],
Hebrews 9:10.
b. a judicial decision, sentence;
of God — either the favorable judgment by which he acquits men and declares them acceptable to him,
Romans 5:16; or unfavorable:
sentence of condemnation, Revelation 15:4, (
punishment, Plato, legg. 9, 864 e.).
2. a righteous act or
deed:
τὰ δικαιώματα τῶν ἁγίων,
Revelation 19:8 (
τῶν πατέρων, Baruch 2:19);
ἑνὸς δικαίωμα, the righteous act of one (Christ) in his giving himself up to death, opposed to the first sin of Adam,
Romans 5:18 (Aristotle, eth. Nic. 5, 7, 7, p. 1135
a, 12f
καλεῖται δέ μᾶλλον δικαιοπράγημα τὸ κοινόν,
δικαίωμα δὲ τὸ ἐπανόρθωμα τοῦ ἀδικήματος [cf. rhet. 1, 13, 1 and Cope's note on 1, 3, 9]). [Cf. references in
δικαιόω.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Deuteronomy
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30:16
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1 Kings
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2:3
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Luke
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1:6
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Romans
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1:32; 2:26; 5:16; 5:18; 8:4
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Hebrews
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7:16; 9:1; 9:10
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Revelation
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15:4; 19:8
