δικαίωμα

δικαίωμα — dikaíōma

δικαίωμα, δικαιώματος, τό (from δικαιόω; ὁ δεδικαίωται or τό δεδικαιωμενον), the Sept. very often for חֹק, חֻקָה, and מִשְׁפָּט; for מִצְוָה, Deu 30:16; 1Ki 2:3; plural occasionally for פִּקּוּדִים;

1. that which has been deemed right so as to have the force of law;

a. what has been established and ordained by law, an ordinance: universally, of an appointment of God having the force of law, Rom 1:32; plural used of the divine precepts of the Mosaic law: τοῦ κυρίου, Luk 1:6; τοῦ νόμου, Rom 2:26; τό δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, collectively, of the (moral) precepts of the same law, Rom 8:4; δικαιώματα λατρείας, precepts concerning the public worship of God, Heb 9:1; δικαιώματα σαρκός, laws respecting bodily purity ((?) cf. Heb 7:16), Heb 9:10.

b. a judicial decision, sentence; of God — either the favorable judgment by which he acquits men and declares them acceptable to him, Rom 5:16; or unfavorable: sentence of condemnation, Rev 15:4, (punishment, Plato, legg. 9, 864 e.).

2. a righteous act or deed: τά δικαιώματα τῶν ἁγίων, Rev 19:8 (τῶν πατέρων, Bar 2:19); ἑνός δικαίωμα, the righteous act of one (Christ) in his giving himself up to death, opposed to the first sin of Adam, Rom 5:18 (Aristotle, eth. Nic. 5, 7, 7, p. 1135{a}, 12f καλεῖται δέ μᾶλλον δικαιοπράγημα τό κοινόν, δικαίωμα δέ τό ἐπανόρθωμα τοῦ ἀδικηματος (cf. rhet. 1, 13, 1 and Cope's note on 1, 3, 9)). (Cf. references in δικαιόω.)