Definition

to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent

Etymology

from G1342 (δίκαιος);

Word family

• δίκαιος díkaios

How the KJV renders it

• free
• justify(-ier)
• be righteous

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.