Lexical Summary dikaiōsis: the act of pronouncing righteous, acquittal Original Word: δικαίωσιςTransliteration: dikaiōsis Phonetic Spelling: (dik-ah'-yo-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: the act of pronouncing righteous, acquittal Meaning: the act of pronouncing righteous, acquittal Strong's Concordance justification. From dikaioo; aquittal (for Christ's sake) -- justification. see GREEK dikaioo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1347: δικαίωσιςδικαίωσις, δικαιωσεως, ἡ (from δικαιόω, equivalent to τό δικαιοῦν, the act τοῦ δικαιουντος; in extra-biblical writings from Thucydides on, the justification or defense of a cause; sentence of condemnation; judgment in reference to what is just), the act of God's declaring men free from guilt and acceptable to him; adjudging to be righteous, (A. V. justification): διά τήν δικαίωσιν ἡμῶν, because God wished to declare us righteous Romans 4:25; εἰς δικαίωσιν ζωῆς, unto acquittal, which brings with it the bestowment of life, Romans 5:18. (Cf. references in δικαιόω). |
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