δικαιόω G1344

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justify

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

hath been more righteous / is more righteous / has been justified

Note

Of δίκαιος "just" and δικαιοσύνη "justice" (151m): Luke 7:29, 35; 18:14 "justified rather than that one"; Rom 3:24, 28; 5:1. The English keeps the Greek's ambiguity, declare just or make just (guide §1.4)

Rulings

2, 93, 95, 151

Declared to share English with

G1342 G1343 — one root: justify / just / justice (151k)

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 38 (Septuagint)

38:26 Now Judah recognized and said, "Tamar has been justified rather than I, because I did not give her to Shela my son." And he did not add further to come to know her.

Genesis 44 (Septuagint)

44:16 Now Judah said, "What shall we reply to the lord, or what shall we speak, or in what shall we be justified? But God has found the injustice of your servants. Look, we are domestics to our lord, both we and he with whom the goblet was found."