δίκη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for נָקָם, רִיב, etc. ;]
__1. custom.
__2. right.
__3. a judicial hearing; hence its result, the execution of a sentence, punishment: δ. τίνειν, 2Th.1:9; δ. υπεχειν, Ju 7.
__4. Personified (cf. Lat. Justitia), justice, vengeance: Act.28:4.†
(AS)