δίκη, δίκης, ἡ (allied with δεικηυμι, Curtius, § 14), from Homer down; 1. custom, usage, (cf. Schmidt, chapter 18, 4 cf. 3). 2. right, justice. 3. a suit at law. 4. a judicial hearing, judicial decision, especially a sentence of condemnation; so in Act_25:15 (L T Tr WH καταδίκην). 5. execution of the sentence, punishment, (Wis_18:11; 2Ma_8:11): δίκην ὑπέχειν, Jud_1:7; δίκην (Sophocles El. 298; Aj. 113; Euripides, Or. 7), to suffer punishment, 2Th_1:9. 6. the goddess Justice, avenging justice: Act_28:4, as in Greek writings often from Hesiod theog. 902 on; (of the avenging justice of God, personified, Wis_1:8, etc.; cf. Grimm at the passage and commentary on 4 Macc., p. 318, (he cites 4Ma_4:13; 4Ma_4:21; 4Ma_8:13; 4Ma_8:21; 4Ma_9:9; 4Ma_11:3; 4Ma_12:12; 4Ma_18:22; Philo adv. Flacc. § 18; Eusebius, h. e. 2, 6, 8)).

δίκη dikē 3x right, justice; in NT judicial punishment, vengeance, 2Th_1:9 ; Jud_1:7 ; sentence of punishment, judgment, Act_25:15 ; personified, the goddess of justice or vengeance, Nemesis, Paena, Act_28:4

δίκη , -ης , ἡ , [in LXX for H5359 , H7378 , etc.;] 1. custom . 2. right . 3. a judicial hearing; hence its result, the execution of a sentence, punishment: δ . τίνειν , 2Th_1:9 ; δ . υπεχειν , Jud_1:7 . 4. Personified ( cf. Lat. Justitia), justice, vengeance: Act_28:4 .† ** κατα -δίκη , -ης , ἡ , [in LXX : Wis_12:27 * ;] sentence, condemnation: Act_25:15 .†

δίκη [page 163] This word in Homer may = custom, usage : hence right as established usage, extended further to a process of law or judicial hearing, e.g. P Hib I. 30 .24 (B.C. 300 271) ἡ δίκη σοι ἀναγραφήσετ [α ]ι ἐν [τῶι ἐν Ἡρ ]ακλέους πόλει δικαστηρίωι , the case will be drawn up against you in the court at Heracleopolis (Edd.), P Rein 15 .21 (B.C. 109) ἄνευ δίκης καὶ κρίσεως καὶ πάσης εὑρεσιλογίας , sans procθs, contestation ni chicane d aucune sorte (Ed.), similarly P Lond 298 .16 (A.D. 124) (= II. p. 206), P Oxy III. 486 .28 (A.D. 131) τὴν μὲν μητέρα μου συνέβη ἀποθαν̣ε̣ι̣̑ [ν ] πρὸ τῆς δίκης , it happened that my mother died before the trial (Edd.), etc. From this it is a natural transition to the result or the lawsuit, execution of a sentence, penalty, as P Fay 21 .24 (A.D. 134) ὅπ ]ως τῆς ἀποθίας (= ἀπειθ .) ἐκῖνοι τὴν προσήκουσαν δίκη [ν ὑ ]πόσχωσι , in order that they may pay the fitting penalty for their disobedience : cf. 2Th_1:9 , Jud_1:7 , Wis_18:11 , 2Ma_8:11 . From P Eleph 1 .12 (B.C. 311 10) (= Selections , p. 3) onwards, the phrase καθάπερ ἐγ δίκης is very common = as if formal decree of the court had been obtained. In partial illustration of the personification of Δίκη in Act_28:4 we may quote in addition to the exx. in Wetstein and Field ( Notes , p. 148 f.) Syll 810 εἰ δέ τι ἑκὼν ἐξαμαρτ [ήσει ], οὐκ ἐμὸν ἐπαράσ [ασθαι ], δίκη δὲ ἐπικρέματα [ι ] τιμωρὸς ἀπελθόν [τι ] ἀπειθὴς Νεμέσε [ως . A fairly early Christian inscr. from Attica, Kaibel 173 .17 has δίκης μετὰ λοίσθιον ἦμα [ρ , of the Day of Judgement.

δίκη (n di^k h_hs fem ) "custom, usage", αὕτη δίκη ἐστὶ βροτῶν this is the "custom" of mortals, Od. ; ἡ γὰρ δίκη ἐστι γερόντων id=Od. :—acc. δίκην as adv., "after the manner of", c. gen., δίκην ὕδατος Aesch. , Plat. "right as dependent on custom, law, right", Hom. , etc. δίκη ἐστι, like δίκαιόν ἐστι, Aesch. : —δίκῃ "duly, rightly", Il. , Trag. ; κατὰ δίκην Hdt. ; μετὰ δίκης Plat. ; πρὸς δίκης Soph. "a judgment", δίκην εἰπεῖν to give "judgment", Il. : pl. "righteous judgments", Hom. after Hom. , "a lawsuit", properly, "a private suit or action", opp. to γραφή (a public suit or indictment), Plat. , etc. "the trial" of the case, πρὸ δίκης Thuc. "the penalty awarded by the judge", δίκην τίνειν, ἐκτίνειν Hdt. , Soph. ; δίκην or δίκας διδόναι to "make amends", suffer "punishment", Lat. poenas dare, Hdt. , attic; δίκας δοῦναι, also, to submit to "trial", Thuc. : —δίκας λαμβάνειν is sometimes = δ. διδόναι, Lat. dare poenas, Hdt. , Dem. ; but also like Lat. sumere poenas, to inflict "punishment", take "vengeance", λαβεῖν δίκην παρά τινος id=Dem. :—also, δίκας or δίκην ὑπέχειν to stand "trial", Hdt. , Soph. ; δίκην παρέχειν Eur. : —δίκην ὀφλεῖν ὑπό τινος to incur "penalty", Plat. ; δίκην φεύγειν to be the defendant in "the trial" (opp. to διώκειν to prosecute), Dem. : —δίκας αἰτέειν to demand "satisfaction", τινός for a thing, Hdt. ; δίκην τίσασθαι, v. τίνω II: —δίκας διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων "to have their causes tried", of subject-states whose causes were tried in the courts of the ruling state, id=Hdt.

δίκη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for נָקָם, רִיב, etc. ;] __1. custom. __2. right. __3. a judicial hearing; hence its result, the execution of a sentence, punishment: δ. τίνειν, 2Th.1:9; δ. υπεχειν, Ju 7. __4. Personified (cf. Lat. Justitia), justice, vengeance: Act.28:4.† (AS)