δικαιόω, -ῶ
(< δίκαιος), [in LXX chiefly for צדק pi., hi., (1) as Ez 16:51, Je 3:11 (cf. NT usage); (2) as De 25:1; Ex 23:7, Is 50:8;]
1. in cl.,
(a) c. acc rei, to deem right;
(b) c. acc pers., to do one justice; pass., δικαιοῦσθαι, to be treated rightly, opp. to ἀδικεῖσθαι.
2. In NT, as in LXX, and as usual with verbs in -όω from adjectives of moral meaning;
(1) to show to be righteous: Mt 11:19, Lk 7:35, Ro 3:4(LXX), I Ti 3:16;
(2) to declare, pronounce righteous: Lk 7:2910:2916:1518:14, Ro 2:133:24, 26, 284:58:30, 33, Tit 3:7; seq. ἀπό, Mt 11:19, Lk 7:35, Ac 13:39, Ro 6:7; ἐκ πίστεως, Ro 3:305:1, Ga 2:163:8, 24; ἐξ ἔργων, Ro 3:20(LXX)4:2, Ga 2:16, Ja 2:21, 24, 25; ἐκ τ. λόγων, Mt 12:37; διὰ τ. πίστεως, Ro 3:30; c. dat., Ro 3:24, 28, Tit 3:7; seq. ἐν, Ac 13:39, Ro 3:45:9, I Co 4:46:11, Ga 2:173:115:4, I Ti 3:16 (v. Cremer, 193, 693; DB, ii, 826 ff.).†