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δικαιοσύνη
dikaiosýnē · Greek · Strong's G1343 · 92 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “righteousness”
What it means
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
from G1342 (δίκαιος);
How the KJV renders it
righteousness
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
- What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean ('baptism now saves you')?
- What does John 3:5 mean ('born of water and Spirit')?
- What does James 2:24 mean ('justified by works and not by faith alone')?
Where it appears
92 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:30 N-NSF1 John 2:29 N-ASF1 John 3:7 N-ASF1 John 3:10 N-ASF1 Peter 2:24 N-DSF1 Peter 3:14 N-ASF1 Timothy 6:11 N-ASF2 Corinthians 3:9 N-GSF2 Corinthians 5:21 N-NSF2 Corinthians 6:7 N-GSF2 Corinthians 6:14 N-DSF2 Corinthians 9:9 N-NSF2 Corinthians 9:10 N-GSF2 Corinthians 11:15 N-GSF2 Peter 1:1 N-DSF2 Peter 2:5 N-GSF2 Peter 2:21 N-GSF2 Peter 3:13 N-NSF2 Timothy 2:22 N-ASF2 Timothy 3:16 N-DSF2 Timothy 4:8 N-GSFActs 10:35 N-ASFActs 13:10 N-GSFActs 17:31 N-DSFActs 24:25 N-GSFEphesians 4:24 N-DSFEphesians 5:9 N-DSFEphesians 6:14 N-GSFGalatians 2:21 N-NSFGalatians 3:6 N-ASFGalatians 3:21 N-NSFGalatians 5:5 N-GSFHebrews 1:9 N-ASFHebrews 5:13 N-GSFHebrews 7:2 N-GSFHebrews 11:7 N-GSFHebrews 11:33 N-ASFHebrews 12:11 N-GSFJames 1:20 N-ASFJames 2:23 N-ASFJames 3:18 N-GSFJohn 16:8 N-GSFJohn 16:10 N-GSFLuke 1:75 N-DSFMatthew 3:15 N-ASFMatthew 5:6 N-ASFMatthew 5:10 N-GSFMatthew 5:20 N-NSFMatthew 6:1 N-ASFMatthew 6:33 N-ASFMatthew 21:32 N-GSFPhilippians 1:11 N-GSFPhilippians 3:6 N-ASFPhilippians 3:9 N-ASFRevelation 19:11 N-DSFRevelation 22:11 N-ASFRomans 1:17 N-NSFRomans 3:5 N-ASFRomans 3:21 N-NSFRomans 3:22 N-NSF
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.