ἄδικος adikos

Greek word for “unjust” · Strong’s G94 · used 12 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

ἄδικος, -ον; (δίκη); 1. unjust:.; 2. unrighteous, wicked: 18:11; opposite to δίκαιος; to εὐσεβής; to πιστός, (Cremer, 200).; †

How it is translated

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

• unrighteous 9
• unjust 1
• unrighteous ones 1
• unjust is 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 16 (2), 1 Corinthians 6 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Luke 18 (1), Acts 24 (1), Romans 3 (1), Hebrews 6 (1), 1 Peter 3 (1), 2 Peter 2 (1)

Forms

• ἄδικος 3
• ἀδίκων 3
• ἀδίκους 2
• ἄδικοι 2
• ἄδικός 1
• ἀδίκῳ 1

Words used with it

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

• μοιχός moichos “adulterer” 2
• δίκαιος dikaios “just” 3
• πιστός pistos “faithful” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 2
• οἶδα oida “to know” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on…
• Luke 16:10 — He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
• Luke 16:11 — If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
• Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
• Acts 24:15 — And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
• 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)
• 1 Corinthians 6:1 — Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
• 1 Corinthians 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor…
• Hebrews 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do…
• 1 Peter 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the…
• 2 Peter 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

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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.