Quick Definition
ἀδίκως Adv unjustly
Strong's Definition
adverb from 94; unjustly
KJV Usage: wrongfully
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ἀ- + δικαιόω
88.20 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Just, Righteous
unjust, unjustly, unrighteous pertaining to not being right or just
noun-name, m. | indeclinable
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀδίκως, adv., unjustly, undeservedly, without fault: πάσχειν, 1 Pet. 11. 19 [A. V. wrongfully. (Fr. Hdt. on.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀδίκως adikōs 1x
unjustly, undeservedly, 1 Pet. 2:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀδίκως, adv.
(< ἄδικος), [in LXX for שׁקר, עול, etc.;]
unjustly, undeservedly: I Pe 2:19.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀδίκως (adikōs) — unjustly. Included with: ἄδῐκος, ον, (δίκη) of persons, wrongdoing, unrighteous, unjust: ἄνθρωποι[Refs 8th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατος[Refs 5th c.BC+] unjust in a thing, ἔς τινα towards a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. [ἐν τῷ ἀστραγαλίζειν] one who plays unfairly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, so unjust as to. NT.Heb.6.10.
2. ἄ. ἵπποι obstinate, unmanageable, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. γνάθος the hard mouth of a horse, [Refs]
II. of things, unjust, unrighteous, ἔργα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. λόγος frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄρχειν χειρῶν ἀ. begin an assault, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ ἄ., τὰ δίκαια καὶ τὰ ἄ. right and wrong, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλοῦτος ἄ. ill-gotten, unrighteous, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ... συναγωγὴ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός the unrighteous union, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. δίκη vexatious suit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of the punishment of wrongdoing, Ζεὺς νέμων ἄδικα κακοῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. ἄ. ἡμέρα, i.e. ἄνευ δικῶν, a day on which the courts were shut, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] who has not appeared in court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. adverb -κως[Refs 6th c.BC+]; εἴτε ὦν δὴ δικαίως εἴτε ἀ. jure an injuria, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀ. not without reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+]