dikaioō · declare righteous

What it means

dikaioō (δικαιόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “declare righteous”.

Pronounce someone right before God, acquit; also show to be right. In the passive, "be declared righteous", "be acquitted".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. God pronouncing you in the right and forgiving you.
2. To show that someone is in the right.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• declared righteous ×32
• declare righteous ×4
• declares righteous ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×5
• Acts×2
• Romans×15
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×8
• 1 Timothy×1
• Titus×1
• James×3

• Matthew 11:19

  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a man who is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And wisdom was declared righteous by her works.”

• Matthew 12:37

  for by your words you will be declared righteous, and by your words you will be condemned.”

• Luke 7:29

  And all the people when they heard, and the tax collectors, declared God righteous, having been immersed with the immersion of John;

• Luke 7:35

  And wisdom has been declared righteous by all her children.”

• Luke 10:29

  But he, wanting to declare himself righteous, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

• Luke 16:15

  And he said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves righteous before people, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among people is an abomination before God.

• Luke 18:14

  I tell you, this man went down to his house declared righteous, rather than that one; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

• Acts 13:38

  So let it be known to you, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is announced to you, and from all things from which you could not be declared righteous by the law of Moses,

• Acts 13:39

  by this man everyone who believes is declared righteous.

• Romans 2:13

  For it is not the hearers of law who are righteous before God, but the doers of law will be declared righteous.

• Romans 3:4

  By no means! Rather, let God be true, and every human being a liar, as it is written: So that you may be declared righteous in your words and prevail when you are judged.

• Romans 3:20

  because by works of the law no flesh will be declared righteous before him, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

• Romans 3:24

  being declared righteous freely by his grace through the redemption that is in the Messiah Jesus,

• Romans 3:26

  in the forbearance of God; for the demonstration of his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be righteous and the one who declares righteous the one who is of faith in Jesus.

• Romans 3:28

  For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from works of the law.

• Romans 3:30

  since God is one, who will declare righteous the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

• Romans 4:2

  For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

• Romans 4:5

  But to the one who does not work but believes in him who declares righteous the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

• Romans 5:1

  Therefore, having been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

• Romans 5:9

  Much more, then, having now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.

• Romans 6:7

  for the one who has died has been declared righteous, free from sin.

• Romans 8:30

  and those whom he destined beforehand, these he also called; and those whom he called, these he also declared righteous; and those whom he declared righteous, these he also glorified.

• Romans 8:33

  Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? God is the one who declares righteous.

• 1 Corinthians 4:4

  For I am conscious of nothing against myself, but I have not been declared righteous by this; rather, the one who examines me is the Lord.

• 1 Corinthians 6:11

  And such some of you were. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were declared righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

• Galatians 2:16

  yet knowing that a person is not declared righteous by works of the law but through faith in Jesus the Messiah, we too have believed in the Messiah Jesus, so that we might be declared righteous by faith in the Messiah and not by works of the law; because by works of the law no flesh will be declared righteous.

• Galatians 2:17

  But if, while seeking to be declared righteous in the Messiah, we ourselves were also found to be sinners, is the Messiah then a servant of sin? By no means!

• Galatians 3:8

  And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the nations righteous by faith, proclaimed the good news beforehand to Abraham: In you all the nations will be blessed.

• Galatians 3:11

  Now that by the law no one is declared righteous before God is evident, because The righteous will live by faith.

• Galatians 3:24

  So then the law has become our tutor until the Messiah, so that we might be declared righteous by faith.

• Galatians 5:4

  You have been cut off from the Messiah, you who are trying to be declared righteous by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

• 1 Timothy 3:16

  And beyond dispute, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, was declared righteous in the spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in the world, was taken up in glory.

• Titus 3:7

  so that, having been declared righteous by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

• James 2:21

  Was not Abraham our father declared righteous by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

• James 2:24

  You see that a person is declared righteous by works and not by faith alone.

• James 2:25

  And in the same way was not Rahab the prostitute also declared righteous by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

And 3 more times.