Strong's Greek · G1344

δικαιόω

dikaióō

free, justify(-ier), be righteous

Definition

to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent

Derivation

from G1342 (δίκαιος);

Appears 39 times in Scripture

Luke 18:14

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 13:39

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

Luke 7:29

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 vindicated by all her children.”

Matthew 11:19

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.”

Romans 2:13

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 8:30

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

Matthew 12:37

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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