Quick Definition
δικαίωμα, ατος, τό n.n. a thing pronounced to be just
Strong's Definition
from 1344; an equitable deed; by implication, a statute or decision
KJV Usage: judgment, justification, ordinance, righteousness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | δικαιόω
33.334 · Communication · Law, Regulation, Ordinance
regulation, requirement (derivative of δικαιόω ‘to act justly,’ not occurring in the NT) a regulation concerning right or just action
LUK 1:6 · ROM 1:32 · ROM 2:26 · ROM 8:4 · HEB 9:1 · HEB 9:10
88.14 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Just, Righteous
righteous act an act which is in accordance with what God requires
56.34 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Judge, Condemn, Acquit
to acquit, to set free, to remove guilt, acquittal the act of clearing someone of transgression In a number of languages the process of acquittal takes the form of a direct statement, for example, ‘to say, You are not guilty’ or ‘..., You no longer have sin’ or, as expressed idiomatically in some instances, ‘..., Sin is no longer on your head’ or ‘..., Your sins are now given back to you.’
1 It is possible that the element of just in the definition of δικαίωμα[a] is essentially connotative rather than denotative.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δικαίωμα, -ros, τό, (fr. δικαιόω ; ὃ δεδικαίωται or τὸ δεδιkatwpevov), Sept. very often for pn, apn, and vawn; for msn, Deut. xxx. 16; 1 K. ii. 3; plur. occasionally for DNpd; 1. that which has ξέρη deemed right so as to have the force of law; a. what has been established and ordained by law, an ordinance: univ. of an appointment of God having the force of law, Ro. i. 32; plur. used of the divine precepts of the Mosaic law: τοῦ κυρίου, Lk. i. 6; τοῦ νόμου, Ro. ii. 26; τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, collectively, of the (moral) precepts of the same law, Ro. viii. 4; δικαιώματα λατρείας, precepts concerning the public worship of God, Heb. ix. 1; δικαιώματα σαρκός, laws respecting bodily purity [(?) ef. vii. 16], ibid. vs. 10. b. a judicial decision, sentence; of God —either the favorable judgment by which he acquits men and declares them acceptable to him, Ro. v. 16; or unfavorable: sentence of condemnation, Rev. xv. 4, (punishment, Plat. lege. 9,864e.). 2. arighteous act or deed: τὰ δικαιώματα τῶν ἁγίων, Rev. xix. 8 (τῶν πατέρων, Bar. ii. 19) ; ἑνὸς δικαίaya, the righteous act of one (Christ) in his giving himself up to death, opp. to the first sin of Adam, Ro. vy. 18, (Aristot. eth. Nic. 5, 7, 7 p. 1185", 12 sq. καλεῖται δὲ μᾶλλον δικαιοπράγημα τὸ κοινόν, δικαίωμα δὲ τὸ ἐπανόρθωμα τοῦ ἀδικήματος, [ οἷ. rhet. 1,13, 1 and Cope’s note on 1, 3, 91). (CE. reff. in δικαιόω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δικαίωμα dikaiōma 10x
pr. a rightful act, act of justice, equity; a sentence, of condemnation, Rev. 15:4; in NT, of acquittal, justification, Rom. 5:16; a decree, law, ordinance, Lk. 1:6; Rom. 1:32; 2:26; 8:4; Heb. 9:1, 10; a meritorious act, an instance of perfect righteousness, Rom. 5:18; Rev. 19:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δικαίωμα, -τος, τ
(< δικαιόω), [in LXX most freq. for חֹק, in Ez, chiefly for מִשְׁפָּט, in Pss, τὰ δ., freq. for פּׅקּוּדִים ;]
a concrete expression of righteousness, the expression and result of the act of δικαίωσις, "a declaration that a thing is δίκαιον, or that a person is δίκαιος," hence, an ordinance: δ. τ. θεοῦ, Ro 1:32; τ. κυρίου, Lk 1:6; τ. νόμου, Ro 2:26 8:4; λατρείας, He 9:1; σαρκός, He 9:10;
a sentence: of acquittal, Ro 5:16 (also 5:18; ICC, in l.), or of condemnation;
a righteous act: Ro 5:18 (RV), Re 15:4 19:8 (on the usage of π., v. MM, Exp., iii, xi).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δικαίωμα. In P Του]. rit 22 (p.c. 117) δικαιώματα means apparently ‘arguments of counsel ἡ παραγινωσκομένων αὐτοῖς ἐξ ὧν παρέκειντο δικαιωμάτων ὧν ἑκάτερος ἡρεῖτο : so* and ἡ. * ἐπελθὼν δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου δικαιώματα. Similarly in OG/S 13'4 (early iii/B.c.) when the people of Priene proved their immemorial possession of certain territory ἔκ τε tay ἱστοριῶν κ[αὶ ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων μαρτυριῶν Kal δικαιωμάtov [με]τὰ τῶν ἑξετῶν [σπονδῶν, the meaning ‘‘awards” would seem to be possible, but ‘‘arguments” suits μαρτυpiav better. Bishop Hicks’s notes (A¢storical Inscrr p. 260) will show the stages in this centuries-old dispute. P Lille I. 2975 (from a code——iii/B.c.) prescribes examination of slaves by torture ἐὰμ μὴ ἐκ τῶν τεθέντων δικαιωμάτων δύνωνται κρίνειν, ‘‘si les piéces du proces ne leur permettent pas de juger” (Ed.). Cf P Petr II. 38 (c)® (iii/p.c.) (= III. p. 55), where a man is sent to Alexandria ἔχοντα καὶ τὰ πρὸς] τὴν κατάστασιν δικαιώματα, “ἡ having with him the papers justifying his case,” the pzéces justificatives as the elitors describe them. The same phrase occurs in Preisigke 3925° (B.c. 149-8 or 137-6). ‘There is also P Petr III. 21 (g)® (iii/B.c.) ὃ Kal παρέδοτο ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμ[ασι, which follows ἅμα τε γραπτὸν λόγον [καὶ δικαιώματα θεμένης with the same meaning. In BGU I. 11318 (a.p. 143) ἃ 8 παρέθεντο δικαιώμ(ατα) the word = “ credentials’: so 74. 26517 (A.D. 148), and IV. 10337, 19 (Trajan). Cf. the combination here with that in P Yor 1 above (ad znzt.). In P Lond 3608 (Ὁ ii/a.p.) (ΞΞ 11. p. 216) a certain Stotoétis surrenders to his sisters his ‘* claim ” on a slave-girl belonging to their mother—od ἔχει δικαιώματος τῆς ὑπίαρχ)ούσης τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῶν παιδίσκης δούλης. Similarly P Oxy VIII. τατο] (A.D. 254) τῶν ἐξαιρέτων τῆς ἡμετέρας πατρίδος δικαιωμάτων, ‘the exceptional rights claimed by our native city {Ed.). MGr δικαίωμα = ‘‘ justice.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δικαίωμα (dikaiōma) — righteous act. δῐκαί-ωμα, ατος, τό, act of right, opposed to ἀδίκημα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; duty, τὰ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους δ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; properly amendment of a wrong, opposed to δικαιοπράγημα, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __a judgement, penalty, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b justification, plea of right, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; δικαιώματα Ἑλληνίδων πόλεων, compiled by [Refs 4th c.BC+] __c plural, pleadings, documents in a suit, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also, credentials, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __d act of δικαίὠσις [NT]
II. ordinance, decree, [LXX+NT]