Dike
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
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 [2]
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 [3]
(See Vengeance).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [4]
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.
