"to act unjustly; wrong; injure; violate a law"
Definition and meaning
to act unjustly; wrong; injure; violate a law
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀδικέω
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of adikeo (G91) across the King James Bible.
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
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Common questions
Strong's G91 (adikeo) is a Greek word that means: to act unjustly; wrong; injure; violate a law It appears 23 times in the King James Bible.
The word adikeo (G91) appears 23 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G91 is adikeo, a Greek word defined as: to act unjustly; wrong; injure; violate a law. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
adikeo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.