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ἄδικος
ádikos · Greek · Strong's G94 · 12 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “unjust”
What it means
unjust; by extension wicked; by implication, treacherous; specially, heathen
from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G1349 (δίκη);
How the KJV renders it
unjust, unrighteous
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“unjust”
also renders adikía (G93), ʼâven (H205), ʻevel (H5766), ʻavvâl (H5767)
“unrighteous”
also renders ʼâven (H205), châmâç (H2555), ʻăval (H5765), ʻavvâl (H5767)
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Where it appears
12 occurrences in the Greek text, first 11 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 6:1 · A-GPM
Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
1 Corinthians 6:9 · A-NPM
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
1 Peter 3:18 · A-GPM
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,
2 Peter 2:9 · A-APM
then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
Acts 24:15 · A-GPM
having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Hebrews 6:10 · A-NSM
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
Luke 16:10 A-NSMLuke 16:11 A-DSNLuke 18:11 A-NPMMatthew 5:45 A-APMRomans 3:5 A-NSM
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