The meaning of “ἀδικία”
Understanding adikía reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
iniquity, unjust, unrighteousness, wrong. - (legal) injustice (properly, the quality, by implication, the act) - morally...
ἀδικία
iniquity, unjust, unrighteousness, wrong. - (legal) injustice (properly, the quality, by implication, the act) - morally, wrongfulness (of character, life or act)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Luke 16:9 | “And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.” Word: ἀδικία (adikía) | |
| Acts 8:23 | “For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.” Word: ἀδικία (adikía) | |
| 1 Corinthians 13:6 | “Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;” Word: ἀδικία (adikía) | |
| 2 Thessalonians 2:12 | “That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” Word: ἀδικία (adikía) | |
| Hebrews 8:12 | “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” Word: ἀδικία (adikía) |