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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1347. δικαίωσις (dikaiósis) -- Justification</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1347.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/1-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1347.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1347</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1346.htm" title="1346">◄</a> 1347. dikaiósis <a href="../greek/1348.htm" title="1348">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">dikaiósis: Justification</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">δικαίωσις</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>dikaiósis<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>dee-kah'-yo-sis<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(dik-ah'-yo-sis)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Justification<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>acquittal, justifying, justification, a process of absolution.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from δικαιόω (dikaioō), meaning "to justify" or "to declare righteous."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "dikaiósis," the concept of justification can be related to the Hebrew word צְדָקָה (tsedaqah, Strong's H6666), which means righteousness or justice.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "dikaiósis" primarily refers to the act of God declaring a sinner to be righteous on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ. It is a legal term that signifies acquittal and the imputation of righteousness. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the process by which believers are made right with God, emphasizing the transformative power of faith and grace.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, "dikaiósis" would have been understood in a legal context, akin to a judge declaring someone innocent. In Jewish thought, righteousness was closely tied to adherence to the Law. However, the New Testament redefines righteousness through the lens of faith in Christ, shifting the focus from legalistic adherence to a relational and grace-based standing before God. This concept was revolutionary in the early church, as it opened the way for Gentiles to be included in the covenant community without adherence to the Mosaic Law.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 1347</b> <i>dikaíōsis</i> (a feminine noun derived from <a href="/greek/1344.htm">1344</a> <i>/dikaióō</i>, "to approve, justify") – justification (divine approval), emphasizing Christ's full payment of the debt for sin which liberates the believer from all divine condemnation. <a href="/greek/1343.htm">See 1343</a> (<i>dikaiosynē</i>).</p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/1347.htm">1347</a> <i>/dikaíōsis</i> ("justification") is used only in Ro 4:25 and Ro 5:18. It focuses on <i>the acquitted penalty</i> by receiving Christ – i.e. as a person is moved from eternal "condemned" to "<i>divinely pardoned</i>" at conversion. <a href="/greek/1347.htm">1347</a> (<i>dikaíōsis</i>) is the cognate in the <i>dik-</i> word-family which most closely aligns with the theological meaning of the term justification."</p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/1347.htm">1347</a> (<i>dikaíōsis</i>), in ancient secular Greek, is closely associated with the pressing need to be released from <i>deserved punishment</i> (Josephus, <i>Ant</i> 18:14; Plutarch (<i>Art</i> 14:3). Thuccydides (3.82.4) uses <a href="/greek/1347.htm">1347</a> (<i>dikaíōsis</i>) as "<i>justification</i>, in our sense of the word" (C. Spicq, 1:345).</p><p class="discovery">1347 (<i>dikaiōsis</i>) is only used once in the <i>LXX</i> (Lev 24:22). <a href="/greek/1345.htm">1345</a> (<i>dikaíōma</i>) however is common in the <i>LXX</i>.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1344.htm">dikaioó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the act of pronouncing righteous, acquittal<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>justification (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1347: δικαίωσις</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">δικαίωσις</span></span>, <span class="greek2">δικαιωσεως</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (from <span class="greek2">δικαιόω</span>, equivalent to <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">δικαιοῦν</span>, the act <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">δικαιουντος</span>; in extra-biblical writings from <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> on, the justification or defense of a cause; sentence of condemnation; judgment in reference to what is just), <span class="accented">the act of God's declaring men free from guilt and acceptable to him</span>; <span class="accented">adjudging</span> to be <span class="accented">righteous,</span> (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">justification</span>): <span class="greek2">διά</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">δικαίωσιν</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμῶν</span>, because God wished to declare us righteous <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-25.htm">Romans 4:25</a>; <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">δικαίωσιν</span> <span class="greek2">ζωῆς</span>, unto acquittal, which brings with it the bestowment of life, <a href="/interlinear/romans/5-18.htm">Romans 5:18</a>. (Cf. references in <span class="greek2">δικαιόω</span>).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>justification. <p>From <a href="/greek/1344.htm">dikaioo</a>; aquittal (for Christ's sake) -- justification. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1344.htm">dikaioo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>δικαιωσιν δικαίωσιν δικαίωσις δικαστήριον dikaiosin dikaiōsin dikaíosin dikaíōsin<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/4-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 4:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διὰ τὴν <b>δικαίωσιν</b> ἡμῶν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> because <span class="itali">of our justification.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/romans/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for our <span class="itali">justification.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/4-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for the <span class="itali">justification</span> of us<p><b><a href="/text/romans/5-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 5:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀνθρώπους εἰς <b>δικαίωσιν</b> ζωῆς </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> there resulted <span class="itali">justification</span> of life<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> men unto <span class="itali">justification</span> of life.<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/5-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> men to <span class="itali">justification</span> of life<p><b><a href="/greek/1347.htm">Strong's Greek 1347</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1347.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/dikaio_sin_1347.htm">δικαίωσιν — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1346.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1346"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1346" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1348.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1348"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1348" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>