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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_110808" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee. </p> <p> (4): </p> <p> (n.) A ditch; a channel for water made by digging. </p> <p> (5): </p> <p> (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig. </p> <p> (6): </p> <p> (v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch. </p> <p> (7): </p> <p> (n.) A wall of turf or stone. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3142" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3142" /> == | ||
<p> '''''dı̄´kē''''' ( δίκη , <i> '''''dı́kē''''' </i> , "justice"): The avenging justice of [[God]] personified as a goddess (Acts 28:4 ). See [[Justice]] . </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15494" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15494" /> == | ||
<p> Di´ke, the heathen [[Goddess]] of Justice; described as the daughter of [[Zeus]] and Themis. 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. The word occurs in , and is there rendered 'vengeance,' appellatively. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37518" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37518" /> == | ||
<p> (See [[Vengeance]]). </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72205" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72205" /> == | ||
<p> [[E]] . Justice), a [[Greek]] goddess, the daughter of [[Zeus]] and Themis; the guardian of justice and judgment, the foe of deceit and violence, and the accuser before Zeus of the unjust judge. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_110808"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/dike Dike from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_3142"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/dike Dike from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_15494"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/dike Dike from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_37518"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dike Dike from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72205"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/dikë Dike from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 08:28, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
(2):
(v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
(3):
(n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
(4):
(n.) A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
(5):
(v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig.
(6):
(v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch.
(7):
(n.) A wall of turf or stone.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
dı̄´kē ( δίκη , dı́kē , "justice"): The avenging justice of God personified as a goddess (Acts 28:4 ). See Justice .
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [3]
Di´ke, the heathen Goddess of Justice; described as the daughter of Zeus and Themis. 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. The word occurs in , and is there rendered 'vengeance,' appellatively.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(See Vengeance).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [5]
E . Justice), a Greek goddess, the daughter of Zeus and Themis; the guardian of justice and judgment, the foe of deceit and violence, and the accuser before Zeus of the unjust judge.
