Strong's Number G1343

δικαιοσύνη

dikaiosune · dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay

Transliteration:

dikaiosune{dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay}

Word Origin:

from 1342

TDNT:

2:192,168

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification

Usage in the KJV:

righteousness 90

Total: 92
Occurs 92 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God
1. the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of God
2. integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting
in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due