ἀδικέω
adikeō
“to harm”
Definition
to be unjust, i.e. (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically)
from G94 (ἄδικος);
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Occurrences
ἀδικέω appears 24 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness.They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
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