Meaning
denotes (a) "injustice," Luk 18:6, lit., "the judge of injustice;" Rom 9:14; (b) "unrighteousness, iniquity," e.g., Luk 16:8, lit., "the steward of unrighteousness," RV marg., i.e., characterized by "unrighteousness;" Rom 1:18, Rom 1:29, Rom 2:8, Rom 3:5, Rom 6:13, 1Co 13:6, RV, "unrighteousness;" 2Th 2:10, "[with all (lit., "in every) deceit'] of unrighteousness," i.e., deceit such as "unrighteousness" uses, and that in every variety; Antichrist and his ministers will not be restrained by any scruple from words or deeds calculated to deceive; 2Th 2:12, of those who have pleasure in it, not an intellectual but a moral evil; distate for truth is the precursor of the rejection of it; 2Ti 2:19, RV; 1Jo 1:9, which includes (c) "a deed or deeds violating law and justice" (virtually the same as adikema, "an unrighteous act"), e.g., Luk 13:27, "iniquity;" 2Co 12:13, "wrong," the wrong of depriving another of what is his own, here ironically of a favor; Heb 1:8, 1-st clause, "iniquities," lit., "unrighteousness" (plural, not as AV); 2Pe 2:13, 2Pe 2:15, RV, "wrongdoing," AV, "unrighteousness;" 1Jo 5:17. See INIQUITY.
Notes: (1) In 2Co 6:14, AV, anomia, "lawlessness," is translated "unrighteousness" (RV, "iniquity"). (2) Adikia is the comphrensive term for wrong, or wrongdoing, as between persons; anomia, "lawlessness," is the rejection of Divine law, or wrong committed against it.
"to do wrong," is rendered in Rev 22:11, RV, firstly, "he that is unrighteous," lit., "the doer of unrighteousness" (present participle of the verb, with the article), secondly, "let him do unrighteousness (still)," the retributive and permanent effect of a persistent course of unrighteous-doing (AV, "he that is unjust, let him be unjust"). See HURT, OFFENDER, Note, WRONG.
