dikaivwma dikaivwma, dikaiwvmato", tov (from dikaiovw; oJ dedikaivwtai or tov dedikaiwmenon), the Septuagint very often for qjo, hq;ju, and fP;v]mi; for hw:x]mi, ; ; plural occasionally for !ydIWQPi;1. that which has been deemed right so as to have the force of law; a. what has been established and ordained by law, an ordinance: universally, of an appointment of God having the force of law, ; plural used of the divine precepts of the Mosaic law: tou' kurivou, ; tou' novmou, ; tov dikaivwma tou' novmou, collectively, of the (moral) precepts of the same law, ; dikaiwvmata latreiva", precepts concerning the public worship of God, ; dikaiwvmata sarkov", laws respecting bodily purity ((?) cf. ), . b. a judicial decision, sentence; of God -- either the favorable judgment by which he acquits men and declares them acceptable to him, ; or unfavorable: sentence of condemnation, , (punishment, Plato, legg. 9, 864 e.).2. a righteous act or deed: tav dikaiwvmata tw'n aJgivwn, (tw'n patevrwn, ); eJnov" dikaivwma, the righteous act of one (Christ) in his giving himself up to death, opposed to the first sin of Adam, (Aristotle, eth. Nic. 5, 7, 7, p. 1135{a}, 12f kalei'tai dev ma'llon dikaiopravghma tov koinovn, dikaivwma dev tov ejpanovrqwma tou' ajdikhmato" (cf. rhet. 1, 13, 1 and Cope's note on 1, 3, 9)). (Cf. references in dikaiovw.)*