δικαιοσύνη
dikaiosunē
righteousness
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Strong's number G1343 corresponds to the Greek word dikaiosunē, which is defined as "righteousness." This word is used a total of 94 times in the Bible, suggesting its importance and relevance to the scriptural narrative. A closer examination of dikaiosunē reveals that it encompasses a broad range of meanings related to moral uprightness and justice. This term can refer to the act of behaving in accordance with divine standards, as well as the state of being virtuous and morally sound. Its usage in the Bible spans various contexts, including personal morality, social justice, and the relationship between God and humanity. Given its extensive usage in the Bible, dikaiosunē carries significant weight in the scriptural narrative. Its emphasis on righteousness underscores the importance of adhering to moral principles and promoting justice within society, both on an individual and collective level. The concept of dikaiosunē also ties in with other biblical themes, such as God's covenantal relationship with humanity and the consequences of upholding or neglecting divine standards.
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Occurrences in Scripture
94 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 6:1“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 21:32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
Luke 1:75in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
John 16:8When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
John 16:10about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;
Acts 10:35but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
Acts 13:10and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Acts 17:31because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
Romans 10:6But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);
Acts 24:25As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”
Romans 1:17For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
Romans 3:21But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
Romans 3:22even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
Romans 3:25whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
Romans 3:26to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
Romans 4:3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
Romans 4:5But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
Romans 4:6Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
Romans 4:9Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
Romans 4:11He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
Romans 4:11He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 4:22Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
Romans 5:17For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:21that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:13Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 6:16Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
Romans 6:18Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
Romans 6:19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
Romans 6:20For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
Romans 8:10If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Romans 9:28for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.”
Romans 9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
Romans 9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
Romans 9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
Romans 9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
Romans 9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Romans 10:4For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Romans 10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”
Romans 10:10For with the heart, one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation.
Romans 14:17for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.