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1342 ~δίκαιος~ dikaios \@dik’-ah-yos\@ from 1349; adj AV-righteous 41, just 33, right 5, meet 2; 81
- 1) righteous, observing divine laws
- 1a) in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God
- 1a1) of those who seem to themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves in their virtues, whether real or imagined
- 1a2) innocent, faultless, guiltless
- 1a3) used of him whose way of thinking, feeling, and acting is wholly conformed to the will of God, and who therefore needs no rectification in the heart or life
- 1a3a) only Christ truly
- 1a4) approved of or acceptable of God
- 1b) in a narrower sense, rendering to each his due and that in a judicial sense, passing just judgment on others, whether expressed in words or shown by the manner of dealing with them
- 1a) in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God