Dictionary entry

δικαίωμα

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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,

(a) an ordinance: δ. τ. θεοῦ, Ro 1:32; τ. κυρίου, Lk 1:6; τ. νόμου, Ro 2:268:4; λατρείας, He 9:1; σαρκός, He 9:10;

(b) a sentence: of acquittal, Ro 5:16 (also 5:18; ICC, in l.), or of condemnation;

(c) a righteous act: Ro 5:18 (RV), Re 15:419:8 (on the usage of π., v. MM, Exp., iii, xi).†