1343 dikaiosune {dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay}
from 1342; TDNT - 2:192,168; n f
AV - righteousness 92; 92
1) in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be,
righteousness, the condition acceptable to God
1a) the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a
state approved of God
1b) integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness
of thinking feeling, and acting
2) in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due