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Unlock the significance, meaning, and nuances of words in the New Testament without having to study Hebrew or Greek! The 4-volume New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology examines and discusses the major theological terms of the Bible. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology is a basic enlargement of the German Theologisches Begriffslexikon zum Neuen Testament....

G1472 (dikē), justice, punishment, vengeance; ἐκδικέω G1688 (ekdikeō), execute justice, punish, avenge; ἔκδικος G1690 (ekdikos), avenger; ἐκδίκησις G1689 (ekdikēsis), vengeance, recompense, punishment. CL 1. The noun dikē can mean, on the one hand, a mythological personification, the goddess of just punishment (Hesiod, Works 256 ff.), and on the other hand, in legal language, justice (Homer, Il. 16, 388), a judicial case (Hesiod, Works 249), a legal decision or judgment
Volume 3, Pages 92–93
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