ἀδικία adikia

Greek word for “unrighteousness” · Strong’s G93 · used 25 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

ἀδικία, -ας, ἡ; (ἄδικος);

How it is translated

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

• unrighteousness 16
• iniquity 3
• unrighteous 2
• injustice 1
• wrong 1
• wickedness 1
• iniquities 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 16 (2), Romans 1 (2), 2 Thessalonians 2 (2), 2 Peter 2 (2), Luke 13 (1), Luke 18 (1), John 7 (1), Acts 1 (1), Acts 8 (1), Romans 2 (1)

Forms

• ἀδικίας 13
• ἀδικίᾳ 5
• ἀδικία 4
• ἀδικίαν 2
• ἀδικίαις 1

Words used with it

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

• ἀλήθεια alētheia “truth” 5
• μισθός misthos “wage” 3
• ὀργή orgē “wrath” 3
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 4
• ἐρέω rheō, ereō “to say” 3
• ἀπάτη apatē “deceit” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 4
• ἀφίστημι aphistēmi “to leave” 2
• μέλος melos “member” 2
• δέχομαι dechomai “to receive” 2
• δικαιοσύνη dikaiosunē “righteousness” 2
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 2

Key verses

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

• Luke 16:8 — And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
• Luke 16:9 — And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
• Romans 1:18 — For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
• Romans 2:8 — But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
• Romans 3:5 — But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
• Romans 6:13 — Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• 2 Timothy 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ…
• James 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature;…
• 2 Peter 2:13 — And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with…
• 2 Peter 2:15 — Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
• 1 John 1:9 — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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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.