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δίκη

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

δίκη, -ης, ἡ

[in LXX for נקם, ריב, etc.;]

1. custom.

2. right.

3. a judicial hearing; hence its result, the execution of a sentence, punishment: δ. τίνειν, II Th 1:9; δ. υπεχειν, Ju 7.

4. Personified (cf. Lat. Justitia), justice, vengeance: Ac 28:4.†