Dike
Dike
SEE VENGEANCE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Dike
dke (, dke, justice): The avenging justice of God personified as a goddess (Act 28:4). See JUSTICE.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Dike
Dike, the heathen Goddess of Justice; described as the daughter of Zeus and Themis. The punishment of murderers is particularly ascribed to her; and therefore, besides being the goddess of punishment in a general sense, she is often to be considered the same as Nemesis or Vengeance. The word occurs in Act 28:4, and is there rendered ‘vengeance,’ appellatively.