δικαιοσύνη

dikaiosuvnh dikaiosuvnh,
dikaiosuvnh",
hJ (
divkaio"); most frequently in the Septuagint for qd,x, and hq;d;x], rarely for ds,j,; "the virtue or quality or state of one who is
divkaio";"1. in the broad sense, the state of him who is such as he ought to be, righteousness (German Rechtbeschaffenheit); the condition acceptable to God (German Gottwohlgefalligkeit); a. universally:
lovgo"
th'"
dikaiosuvnh" (like
lovgo"
th'"
katallagh'",
lovgo"
tou'
staurou'), the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain to a state approved of God, ;
basileuv"
dikaiosuvnh", the king who himself has the approbation of God, and who renders his subjects acceptable to God, ; cf. Bleek at the passage b. "integrity, virtue, purity of life, uprightness, correctness in thinking, feeling, and acting: ; ,,; G L T Tr, WH; ; ; ,, (opposed to
aJmartiva,
ajnomiva, and
ajkaqarsiva); (opposed to
aJmartiva); (? (see c.)); , (opposed to
ajnomiva, as in Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 24); ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , ; , and very often in the O. T.;
ejn
oJdw'/
dikaiosuvnh", walking in the way of righteousness equivalent to an upright, righteous, man, ;
tou'
Qeou', the righteousness which God demands, ; ; of righteousness which manifests itself in "beneficence: f (cf. ; Gesenius, Thesaurus iii., p. 1151; so Chaldean hq;d]xi, , and in the Talmud and rabbinical writings (Buxtorf. col. 1891 (p. 941, Fischer edition); cf. Winer's Grammar, 32)); where
divkaio"
kaiv
oJsiovth" are connected -- ; , (Sap. ; Clement of Rome, , and occasionally in secular writings) -- the former denotes right conduct toward men, the latter piety toward God (cf. Plato, Gorgias, p. 507 b.; Grimm on Sap., p. 181f; (cf. Trench, sec. 88, p. 328f; for additional examples see Wetstein (1752) on Ephesians, the passage cited; cf.
o{sio");
eujsevbeia
kaiv
dikaiosuvnh, Diodorus 1, 2);
poiei'n
thvn
dikaiosuvnhn, to do righteousness, to live uprightly: ; ; (not Lachmann); and in according to the text now accepted; in like manner
ejrgavzesqai
dikaiosuvnhn, ; ;
zh'n
th'/
dikaiosuvnh, to live, devote the life, to righteousness, ;
plhrou'n
pa'san
dikaiosuvnhn, to perform completely whatever is right, .