Lexical Summary adikos: unjust, unrighteous Original Word: ἄδικοςTransliteration: adikos Phonetic Spelling: (ad'-ee-kos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: unjust, unrighteous Meaning: unjust, unrighteous Strong's Concordance unjust, unrighteous. From a (as a negative particle) and dike; unjust; by extension wicked; by implication, treacherous; specially, heathen -- unjust, unrighteous. see GREEK a see GREEK dike Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 94: ἄδικοςἄδικος, (δίκη) (from Hesiod down); descriptive of one who violates or has violated justice: 1. unjust (of God as judge): Romans 3:5; Hebrews 6:10. 2. of one who breaks God's laws, unrighteous, sinful (see ἀδικία, 2): (1 Corinthians 6:9); opposed to δίκαιος, Matthew 5:45; Acts 24:15; 1 Peter 3:18: opposed to εὐσεβής, 2 Peter 2:9; in this sense according to Jewish speech the Gentiles are called ἄδικοι, 1 Corinthians 6:1 (see ἁμαρτωλός, b. β.). 3. specifically, of one who deals fraudulently with others, Luke 18:11; who is false to a trust, Luke 16:10 (opposed to πιστός); deceitful, μαμωνᾶς, ibid. Luke 16:11 (for other interpretations see ἀδικία, 2 b.). |
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