ἄδικος
adikos
“unjust”
Definition
unjust; by extension wicked; by implication, treacherous; specially, heathen
from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G1349 (δίκη);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
ἄδικος appears 11 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
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