Greek word study

δικαιοσύνηdikaiosýnē — justice, justness, righteousness

(usually if not always in a Jewish atmosphere), justice, justness, righteousness, righteousness of which God is the source or author, but practically: a divine righteousness.

Translated in the King James as: righteousness

Appears 91 times in Scripture

Origin: from G1342 (δίκαιος);

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Where it appears

Matthew — 7×

Matt 3:15 Matt 5:6 Matt 5:10 Matt 5:20 Matt 6:1 Matt 6:33 Matt 21:32

Luke — 1×

Luke 1:75

John — 2×

John 16:8 John 16:10

Acts — 4×

Acts 10:35 Acts 13:10 Acts 17:31 Acts 24:25

Romans — 33×

Rom 1:17 Rom 3:5 Rom 3:21 Rom 3:22 Rom 3:25 Rom 3:26 Rom 4:3 Rom 4:5 Rom 4:6 Rom 4:9 Rom 4:11 Rom 4:13 Rom 4:22 Rom 5:17 Rom 5:21 Rom 6:13 Rom 6:16 Rom 6:18 Rom 6:19 Rom 6:20 Rom 8:10 Rom 9:30 Rom 9:31 Rom 10:3 Rom 10:4+ 8 more in Romans

1 Corinthians — 1×

1 Cor 1:30

2 Corinthians — 7×

2 Cor 3:9 2 Cor 5:21 2 Cor 6:7 2 Cor 6:14 2 Cor 9:9 2 Cor 9:10 2 Cor 11:15

Galatians — 4×

Gal 2:21 Gal 3:6 Gal 3:21 Gal 5:5

Ephesians — 3×

Eph 4:24 Eph 5:9 Eph 6:14

Philippians — 4×

Phil 1:11 Phil 3:6 Phil 3:9+ 1 more in Philippians

1 Timothy — 1×

1 Tim 6:11

2 Timothy — 3×

2 Tim 2:22 2 Tim 3:16 2 Tim 4:8

Titus — 1×

Titus 3:5

Hebrews — 6×

Heb 1:9 Heb 5:13 Heb 7:2 Heb 11:7 Heb 11:33 Heb 12:11

James — 3×

James 1:20 James 2:23 James 3:18

1 Peter — 2×

1 Pet 2:24 1 Pet 3:14

2 Peter — 4×

2 Pet 1:1 2 Pet 2:5 2 Pet 2:21 2 Pet 3:13

1 John — 3×

1 John 2:29 1 John 3:7 1 John 3:10

Revelation — 2×

Rev 19:11 Rev 22:11

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.