Quick Definition
equality
Strong's Definition
likeness (in condition or proportion); by implication, equity
KJV Usage: equal(-ity)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἰσότης, ἰσότητος, ἡ (ἴσος);
1. equality: ἐξ ἰσότητος (cf. ἐκ, V. 3) by equality, 2Co_8:13 (14), equivalent to ὅπως γένηται ἰσότης, 14.
2. equity, fairness, what is equitable, joined with τό δίκαιον: Col_4:1. (Euripides, Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, others; (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited, yet per contra Meyer).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἰσότης isotēs 3x
equality, equal proportion, 2Co_8:13-14 ;
fairness, equity, what is equitable, Col_4:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἰσότης , -ητος , ἡ
( < ἴσος ),
[in LXX : Job_36:30 , Zec_4:7 * ;]
1. equality: 2Co_8:13-14 .
2. equity, fairness: τὸ δίκαιον κ . τὴν ἰ ., Col_4:1 (for dis\-tinction bet. τὸ δ . and ἡ ἰ , v. ICC , in l ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἲσότης [page 307]
The sense of fairness, fair dealing, into which this word passes in Col_4:1 , may be illustrated by Menander Μονόστ . 259 ἰσότητα τίμα καὶ πλεονέκτει μηδένα . See also Vett. Val. p. 332 .34 ἰσότητας ποιεῖν , and for the verb ἰσόω in its literal sense cf. P Oxy XIV. 1674 .7 (iii/A.D.) καὶ ἰσοθήτω τὸ πᾶν τοῦ κεχωσμένου , and let the whole of the bank be levelled.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἰσότης ἰσότης, ητος, [Etym: ἴσος] "equality", Eur. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἰσότης, -ητος, ἡ
(ἴσος), [in LXX: Job.36:30, Zec.4:7 * ;]
__1. equality: 2Co.8:13-14.
__2. equity, fairness: τὸ δίκαιον κ. τὴν ἰ., Col.4:1 (for distinction bet. τὸ δ. and ἡ ἰ, see ICC, in l).†
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