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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78182" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78182" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: '''''Δίκη''''' ''' (Strong'S #1349 | <div> '''1: '''''Δίκη''''' ''' (Strong'S #1349 — Noun [[Feminine]] — dike — dee'-kay ) </div> <p> primarily "custom, usage," came to denote "what is right;" then, "a judicial hearing;" hence, "the execution of a sentence," "punishment," 2—Thessalonians 1:9 , RV; Jude 1:7 , "punishment," RV (AV, "vengeance"). In Acts 28:4 (AV, "vengeance") it is personified and denotes the goddess Justice or [[Nemesis]] (Lat., Justitia), who the [[Melita]] folk supposed was about to inflict the punishment of death upon Paul by means of the viper. See Punishment , Vengeance. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_135568" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_135568" /> == | ||
