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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79805" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79805" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ἐκδίκησις''''' ''' (Strong'S #1557 — Noun [[Feminine]] — ekdikesis — ek-dik'-ay-sis ) </div> <p> lit., "(that which proceeds) out of justice," not, as often with human "vengeance," out of a sense of injury or merely out of a feeling of indignation. The word is most frequently used of Divine "vengeance," e.g., Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30 . For a complete list see [[Avenge]] , B, No. 2. The judgements of God are holy and right ( Revelation 16:7 ), and free from any element of self-gratification or vindictiveness. </p> Acts 28:4 Jude 1:7Justice. Romans 3:5[[Anger]]Wrath. | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_64084" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_64084" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_64404" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_64404" /> == | ||
<p> (Gr. Δίκη ), the heathen goddess of retribution (Lat. ''Justitia'' )'','' described as the daughter of [[Zeus]] (Hesiod, Op. 266) and [[Themis]] (''Theog.'' 902) and the coadjutor ( | <p> (Gr. '''''Δίκη''''' ), the heathen goddess of retribution (Lat. ''Justitia'' ) '','' described as the daughter of [[Zeus]] (Hesiod, Op. 266) and [[Themis]] ( ''Theog.'' 902) and the coadjutor ( '''''Πάρεδρος''''' ) of the former (Sophoc. ( ''Ed. Col.'' 1384; Arrian, ''Alex. 4'' :9; see Montfaucon, ''Antiq.'' I, 2, 8). The punishment of murderers is particularly ascribed to her; and, therefore, besides being the goddess of punishment in a general sense, she is often to be considered the same as [[Nemesis]] or Vengeance (Eurip. ''Med.'' 1390; Dion Halic. 11:37; see Mitscherlich, [[Ad]] Horace, ''Od.'' 3, 2, 32; Palaiset, ''Observ.'' p. 347). The word occurs in Acts 28:4, but its significance is there disguised in the A.V., which renders it "justice." (See Revenge). </p> | ||
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