ἀδικέωadikéō
to be unjust, i.e. (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically)
Greek (New Testament) · G91
Meanings
1. intransitive, to be ἄδικος, do wrong, act wickedly or criminally: Acts 25:11, 1 Corinthians 6:8, 2 Corinthians 7:12, Colossians 3:25, Revelation 22:11; to do hurt, Revelation 9:19.
2. Trans.
(a) to do some wrong: ὃ ἠδίκησεν, Colossians 3:25; to wrong some one, Matthew 20:13, Acts 7:26, Acts 7:27, Acts 25:10, 2 Corinthians 7:2, Galatians 4:12, Philemon 1:18, 2 Peter 2:13; passive, Acts 7:24, 2 Corinthians 7:12; middle, 1 Corinthians 6:7 (suffer... to be wronged; WM, §38, 3; but see Bl., §54, 5; and cf. ἀποστερέω)
(b) to injure, hurt: Luke 10:19, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 6:6, Revelation 7:2, Revelation 7:3, Revelation 9:4, Revelation 9:10, Revelation 11:5.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 20:13 “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage?
- Luke 10:19 Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.
- Acts 7:24 He saw an Egyptian mistreating an Israelite. So Moses came to the man’s defense and avenged him, killing the Egyptian.
- Acts 7:26 “The next day he visited them again and saw two men of Israel fighting. He tried to be a peacemaker. ‘Men,’ he said, ‘you are brothers. Why are you fighting each other?’
- Acts 7:27 “But the man in the wrong pushed Moses aside. ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ he asked.
- Acts 25:10 But Paul replied, “No! This is the official Roman court, so I ought to be tried right here. You know very well I am not guilty of harming the Jews.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.