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δίκη

MainId: 001365000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: δ

StrongCodes: G1349

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 001365001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: δίκη
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ης
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'δικαιόω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 001365001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 38.8
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Punish, Reward
  LEXSubDomains: Punish
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 20:26:09
    DefinitionShort: to punish, on the basis of what is rightly deserved
    Glosses: ['to punish', 'to cause to suffer', 'punishment']
  LEXReferences: 2TH 1:9, YUD 1:7
2. LEXID: 001365001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 12.27
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Supernatural Beings and Powers
  LEXSubDomains: Supernatural Beings
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-09 20:26:09
    DefinitionShort: (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
    Glosses: the goddess Justice
    Comments: 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.’
  LEXReferences: ACTs 28:4