Dikaioō δικαιόω

Dikaioō (Greek δικαιόω, Strong's G1344) is a Greek verb meaning “to justify”. It occurs 39 times in 35 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Faith and works
• Justification

Verses

Every verse with Dikaioō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 11:19
  The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
• Matthew 12:37
  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Luke

• Luke 7:29
  And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
• Luke 7:35
  But wisdom is justified of all her children.But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
• Luke 10:29
  But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
• 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 in the sight of God.So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
• 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 shall be exalted.I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Acts

• 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.Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

Romans

• Romans 2:13
  (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
• 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 judged.Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
• 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.Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
• Romans 3:24
  Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
• Romans 3:26
  To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
• Romans 3:28
  Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
• Romans 3:30
  Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
• Romans 4:2
  For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
• Romans 4:5
  But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
• Romans 5:1
  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Romans 5:9
  Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
• Romans 6:7
  For he that is dead is freed from sin.For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
• 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.And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
• Romans 8:33
  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 4:4
  For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
• 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.And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Galatians

• 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 justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
• Galatians 2:17
  But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
• 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 blessed.The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
• Galatians 3:11
  But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
• Galatians 3:24
  Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
• Galatians 5:4
  Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

1 Timothy

• 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, believed on in the world, received up into glory.By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.

Titus

• Titus 3:7
  That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

James

• James 2:21
  Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
• James 2:24
  Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.
• James 2:25
  Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).