divkaio" divkaio", divkaia, divkaion (from divkh right) (fr. Homer down), properly, the Hebrew qyDIx', "observant of hJ divkh, righteous, observing divine and human laws; one who is such as he ought to be; (German rechtbeschaffen; in the earlier language, whence appropriated by Luther, gerecht in a broad sense; in Greek writings used even of physical things, as i{ppo", Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 5; ghvdion dikaiotaton, most fertile, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 38; (a{rma divkaion, ibid. 2, 2, 26));1. in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God; a. universally: (the meaning is, it was not consistent with his uprightness to expose his betrothed to public reproach); ; ,; ; ,; ,; ; ; ; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 117 (111)); ; , ; ; (10 Lachmann); ; opposed to aJmartwloiv kaiv ajsebei'", ; divkaioi kaiv a[dikoi, ; ; used of O. T. characters noted for piety and probity: ; (); ; thus of Abel, ; ; of Lot, f. (Sap. f); of those who seem to themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves on their virtues, whether real or imaginary: ; ; ; ( (16)). Joined with eujlabhv", (h[qh ejulabah kaiv divkaia, tov divkaion kaiv ejulabe", Plato, polit., p. 311 a. b.); with a{gio", ; with ajgaqov", ; with fobouvmeno" tovn Qeovn, ; e[rga divkaia, opposite ponhrav, . Neuter tov divkaion, that which regard for duty demands, what is right: ; plural ; divkaion ejsti, ; ; with the addition of ejnwvpion tou' Qeou', God being judge, . b. the negative idea predominating: innocent, faultless, guiltless, (for yqin:, ; , etc.); thus used of Christ in the speech of Gentiles: , R G L brackets Tr brackets WH marginal reading; ; ai|ma divkaion, (; (24); ), ; (27:4 Tr marginal reading WH text); hJ ejntolhv a{gia kaiv divkaia (having no fellowship with sin (others besides, see the commentaries at the passage)) kaiv ajgaqhv, . c. preeminently, of him whose way of thinking, feeling, and acting is wholly conformed to the will of God, and who therefore needs no rec