Words the Bible translates as justice
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- dikaiosunēδικαιοσύνηrightness: being and doing what is right, and being set right by the God who is himself right
- mishpatמִשְׁפָּטthe rightful exercise of authority that sets and keeps things in order: the act of judging a case, the verdict that settles it, the work of governing justly, the standing laws that flow from it, and the justice all of this is meant to embody.
- krisisκρίσιςjustice as a moral quality: doing what is right and fair, the standard a true verdict upholds
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- the act of judging and the verdict it reaches: a decision handed down, often God's final sentence at the end
- tsedaqahצְדָקָהrighteousness put into action: doing what is right, the concrete deed or settled practice that puts a relationship, a community, or God's own dealings in their proper order
- tsedeqצֶדֶקrightness: conformity to what is truly right, the standard or order things ought to match.
- ekdikēsisἐκδίκησιςjustice carried out on a wrong: the redress the wronged party is granted and the penalty the wrongdoer is dealt, as two sides of one act
- dinדִּיןjudgment in a courtroom sense: the court that sits to hear a case, the sentence it hands down, and the justice behind both.
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