What does ἀγαθός · δίκαιος mean in the Bible?
ἀγαθός · δίκαιος is a Greek phrase meaning "good and righteous/upright".
Greek · G18, G1342
ἀγαθὸς καὶ δίκαιος
"Good" (in any sense, often as noun) · just
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ἀγαθός G18 "good" (in any sense, often as noun)
Pronunciation agathós
Good as inner moral excellence and actual benefit to others, contrasting with merely outward appearance.
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δίκαιος G1342 just
Pronunciation díkaios
Conformity to God's standard of right rather than human standards; righteousness as measured against divine justice.
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What does ἀγαθὸς καὶ δίκαιος (agathos kai dikaios) mean in the Bible?
ἀγαθός · δίκαιος is a Greek phrase meaning "good and righteous/upright".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G18, G1342?
G18, G1342 is connected to 101 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. good and righteous/upright
Source Gloss
good and righteous/upright
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 101 Case pattern Nominative (21) Number pattern Singular (36)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:35 · Matt 19:17 · Matt 20:15 · Mark 10:18 · Luke 6:45 · Luke 18:19 · Luke 23:50 · John 7:12 · Acts 11:24 · Eph 4:29 10×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 7:17 · Matt 7:18 · John 1:46 · Rom 7:13 · Rom 7:18 · Rom 12:2 · Rom 14:16 · Phlm 1:14 8×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 7:12 · Jas 1:17 2×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rom 3:8 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 19:17 · Rom 2:7 · Rom 7:13 · Phlm 1:6 · 1 Pet 3:13 5×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 1:53 · Acts 9:36 · 1 Tim 2:10 · Heb 9:11 · Heb 10:1 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:35 · Luke 6:45 · Rom 5:7 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Tim 1:5 · 1 Pet 3:21 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Jas 3:17 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Rom 12:9 · Rom 12:21 · Rom 13:3 · Col 1:10 · 1 Tim 5:10 · Heb 13:21 6×
Word Origins
ἀγαθὸς καὶ δίκαιος is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain