What does ἀδίκημα (adíkēma) mean in the Bible?
ἀδίκημα (adíkēma): A concrete wrong or specific misdeed, not abstract wrongness; emphasizes actionable injury done
Greek · G92
ἀδίκημα
A wrong done
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ἀδίκημα G92
Pronunciation adíkēma
What does ἀδίκημα (adíkēma) mean in the Bible?
ἀδίκημα (adíkēma): A concrete wrong or specific misdeed, not abstract wrongness; emphasizes actionable injury done
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G92?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include crime (1), iniquities (1), wrongdoing (1).
Where does ἀδίκημα (adíkēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 18:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It crime 1× Acts 24:20
iniquities 1× Revelation 18:5
wrongdoing 1× Acts 18:14
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 18:14
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 Revelation 1
Source forms
ἀδίκημα 1x adikēma Acts 24:20
ἀδίκημά 1x adikēma Acts 18:14
ἀδικήματα 1x adikēmata Revelation 18:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 18:5
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 24:20
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 18:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A concrete wrong or specific misdeed, not abstract wrongness; emphasizes actionable injury done
Strong's G92
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a wrong done
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 18:14 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀδίκημά adikhma
a crime, misdeed
Read verse Acts 24:20 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀδίκημα, adikhma
a crime, misdeed
Read verse Revelation 18:5 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀδικήματα adikhmata
a crime, misdeed
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 18:14 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Acts 24:20 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rev 18:5 1×
Word Origins
ἀδίκημα is built from this root:
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