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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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δίκη

Strong’s: G1349

Associated OET lemmas: δίκη

UBS entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: καταδίκη (G1349a)

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: δίκη; -ης

Related lemmas: δικαιόω

Sense 1: to punish, to cause to suffer, punishment

Semantic entry: 38.8

Semantic domains: Punish, Reward

Subdomains: Punish

Definition: to punish, on the basis of what is rightly deserved

TH2 1:9: RV TH2 1:9 · LV TH2 1:9 · Read together TH2 1:9

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OET-RV TH2 1:9

9 They’ll be sentenced to eternal destruction—banished from Yahweh’s presence and from the display of his strength

OET-LV TH2 1:9

9 who justice will_be_paying with_destruction eternal, from the_presence of_the master, and from the glory of_the strength of_him,

JDE 1:7: RV JDE 1:7 · LV JDE 1:7 · Read together JDE 1:7

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OET-RV JDE 1:7

7 Similarly Sedom and Amorah (Gomorrah) and the towns around them stay in our minds as an example of the judgement of eternal fire due to similar sexual perversions.

OET-LV JDE 1:7

7 As Sodoma/(Şədom) and Gomorra/(ˊAmorāh), and the cities around them, having_fornicated the in_a_similar manner to_these, and having_gone_away after different flesh, they_are_lying_before an_example of_ the_justice undergoing eternal _fire.

Sense 2: the goddess Justice

Semantic entry: 12.27

Semantic domains: Supernatural Beings and Powers

Subdomains: Supernatural Beings

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of δίκη ‘justice,’ not occurring in the NT) a goddess who personifies justice in seeking out and punishing the guilty

Notes: The expression ‘the goddess Justice’ may be relatively meaningless if translated literally. It may therefore be necessary to say ‘the goddess that demands justice’ or ‘the goddess that makes people suffer for the evil they have done’ or ‘the goddess that punishes people because of their bad deeds.’

ACT 28:4: RV ACT 28:4 · LV ACT 28:4 · Read together ACT 28:4

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OET-RV ACT 28:4

4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand they decided that he must be a murderer who had survived the shipwreck but now fate had finally decided his time was up.

OET-LV ACT 28:4

4 And when the foreigners saw the wild_animal being_hanged from the hand of_him, they_were_saying to one_another:
Certainly this the man is a_murderer, whom having_been_brought_safely_through from the sea, the justice not allowed him to_be_living.