Dike
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.
