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ἀδικία

Unrighteousness

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ἀδικία G93
Pronunciation adikía

What does ἀδικία (adikía) mean in the Bible?

ἀδικία (adikía) is a Greek word meaning "unrighteousness". ἀδικία, -ας, ἡ (ἄδικος), [in LXX for עָוֹן, פֶּשַׁע, עָוֶל, etc. Human unrighteousness highlights but does not negate God’s righteous judgment. This term runs through the canonical themes of Justice.

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Meaning

unrighteousness
Extended definition

Moral wrongdoing that violates God's justice; often means unrighteousness as a power opposing truth and righteousness

(ἄδικος), [in LXX for עָוֹן, פֶּשַׁע, עָוֶל, etc. ;]

1injustice: Luk.18:6, Rom.9:14.
2unrighteousness, iniquity: Jhn.7:18, Act.8:23, Rom.1:18, 29 2:8 6:13, 2Ti.2:19, 1Jn.1:9 5:17; opposite to ἀλήθεια, 1Co.13:6, 2Th.2:12; to δικαιοσύνη ], Rom.3:5; ἀπάτη τῆς ἀ., 2Th.2:10; μισθὸς ἀδικίας, Act.1:18, 2Pe.2:13,15; ἐγράται τῆς ἀ., Luk.13:27; μαμωνᾶς τῆς ἀ., Luk.16:9; κόσμος τῆς ἀ., Jas.3:6; οἰκονόμος τῆς ἀ., Luk.16:8.
3= ἀδίκημα, an unrighteous act: ironically, a favour, 2Co.12:13; pl., Heb.8:12 (Cremer, 261; MM, VGT, see word).
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Why This Word Matters
Human unrighteousness highlights but does not negate God’s righteous judgment. Romans 3:1-8
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine John 7:18 · Rom 3:5 · Rom 9:14 · 1 John 5:17 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 13:27 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 16:9 · Luke 18:6 · Acts 1:18 · Acts 8:23 · Rom 6:13 · 2 Thess 2:10 · 2 Tim 2:19 · Jas 3:6 · 2 Pet 2:13 · 2 Pet 2:15 · 1 John 1:9 13×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rom 1:18 · Rom 1:29 · Rom 2:8 · 1 Cor 13:6 · 2 Thess 2:12 5×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Heb 8:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rom 1:18 · 2 Cor 12:13 2×
25 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Canonical Themes
Justice
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses
Romans 3:1-8 ἀδικία adikía Nominative · Singular · Feminine
Unrighteousness, injustice.
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

μαμμωνᾶς · ἀδικία G3126, G93
mammon of unrighteousness, worldly wealth
οἰκονόμος · ἀδικία G3623, G93
manager of unrighteousness, dishonest manager
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Romans 1 — The Gospel Reveals the Righteousness of God and the Wrath of God Romans 6 — Dead to Sin and Alive to God in Christ Jesus Romans 9 — God’s Faithfulness, Sovereign Mercy, and Israel’s Stumbling Over Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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