δικαιόω dikaioō

Greek word for “to justify” · Strong’s G1344 · used 39 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

δικαιόω, -ῶ; (δίκαιος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for dikaioō in context, with how often each is used:

• justified 17
• will be justified 4
• justifying 4
• may be justified 3
• having been justified 3
• being justified 2
• declared as righteous 1
• justify 1
• will justify 1
• has been freed 1
• have i been justified 1
• justifies 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 3 (6), Galatians 3 (3), James 2 (3), Luke 7 (2), Romans 4 (2), Romans 5 (2), Romans 8 (2), Galatians 2 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 12 (1)

Forms

• ἐδικαιώθη 6
• δικαιοῦται 4
• δικαιωθῆναι 2
• δικαιωθήσεται 2
• δικαιοῦντα 2
• δικαιωθέντες 2
• ἐδικαίωσεν 2
• δικαιωθῶμεν 2
• δικαιωθήσῃ 1
• ἐδικαίωσαν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dikaioō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πίστις pistis “faith” 10
• νόμος nomos “law” 8
• ἔργον ergon “work” 8
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 4
• Ἀβραάμ Abraam “Abraham” 3
• δίκαιος dikaios “just” 3
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 3
• χάρις charis “grace” 3
• τελώνης telōnēs “tax collector” 2
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 3
• παρά para “from/with/beside” 3
• λογίζομαι logizomai “to count” 2

Key verses

The verses using dikaioō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 16:15 — And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination…
• Luke 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself…
• Acts 13:39 — And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
• Romans 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art…
• Romans 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
• Romans 3:24 — Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
• Romans 5:1 — Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
• Romans 8:30 — Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
• 1 Corinthians 6:11 — And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• Galatians 2:16 — Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be…
• Galatians 3:8 — And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be…
• 1 Timothy 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.