δίκαιος

díkaios · Greek · Strong's G1342 · 79 occurrences

The KJV renders 14 different Hebrew and Greek words as “meet”

What it means

equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)

from G1349 (δίκη);

How the KJV renders it

just, meet, right

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“meet”

also renders áxios (G514), hikanós (G2425), apántēsis (G529), synantáō (G4876), eúthetos (G2111), apantáō (G528), kalós (G2570), hypantáō (G5221), bên (H1121), yôsher (H3476), mâtsâʼ (H4672), qâdam (H6923), qârâh (H7136)

“right”

also renders orthōs (G3723), exousía (G1849), ʼemeth (H571), gᵉʼullâh (H1353), yᵉmîynîy (H3227), yôsher (H3476), kûwn (H3559), kên (H3651), mishpâṭ (H4941), nâkôach (H5228), nᵉkôchâh (H5229)

“just”

also renders éndikos (G1738), tsaddîyq (H6662), shâlêm (H8003)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

79 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 John 1:9 A-NSM1 John 2:1 A-ASM1 John 2:29 A-NSM1 John 3:7 A-NSM1 John 3:12 A-NPN1 Peter 3:12 A-APM1 Peter 3:18 A-NSM1 Peter 4:18 A-NSM1 Timothy 1:9 A-DSM2 Peter 1:13 A-ASN2 Peter 2:7 A-ASM2 Peter 2:8 A-ASF2 Thessalonians 1:5 A-GSF2 Thessalonians 1:6 A-NSN2 Timothy 4:8 A-NSMActs 3:14 A-ASMActs 4:19 A-NSNActs 7:52 A-GSMActs 10:22 A-NSMActs 22:14 A-ASMActs 24:15 A-GPMColossians 4:1 A-ASNEphesians 6:1 A-NSNGalatians 3:11 A-NSMHebrews 10:38 A-NSMHebrews 11:4 A-NSMHebrews 12:23 A-GPMJames 5:6 A-ASMJames 5:16 A-GSMJohn 5:30 A-NSFJohn 7:24 A-ASFJohn 17:25 A-VSMLuke 1:6 A-NPMLuke 1:17 A-GPMLuke 2:25 A-NSMLuke 5:32 A-APMLuke 12:57 A-ASNLuke 14:14 A-GPMLuke 15:7 A-DPMLuke 18:9 A-NPMLuke 20:20 A-APMLuke 23:47 A-NSMLuke 23:50 A-NSMMatthew 1:19 A-NSMMatthew 5:45 A-APMMatthew 9:13 A-APMMatthew 10:41 A-ASMMatthew 13:17 A-NPMMatthew 13:43 A-NPMMatthew 13:49 A-GPMMatthew 20:4 A-NSNMatthew 23:28 A-NPMMatthew 23:29 A-GPMMatthew 23:35 A-GSMMatthew 25:37 A-NPMMatthew 25:46 A-NPMMatthew 27:19 A-DSMMark 2:17 A-APMMark 6:20 A-ASMPhilippians 1:7 A-NSN

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.