Strong's numbers
צָדַק H6663
tsâdaq
tsaw-dak'
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense); cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
Brown–Driver–Briggs
[צָדֵק, צָדֹק] vb. denom. be just, righteous
Qal
1 have a just cause, be in the right
2 be justified
3 be just
4 be just, righteous
Niph. the holy place shall be put right
Pi. justify
Hiph.
1 do justice
2 declare righteous, justify
3 justify, vindicate the cause of, save
4 make righteous, turn to righteousness
Hithp. how shall we justify ourselves
From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.
40 occurrences
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Isaiah 43:9
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
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Isaiah 43:26
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
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Isaiah 45:25
In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
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Isaiah 50:8
He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
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Isaiah 53:11
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
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Jeremiah 3:11
And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
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Ezekiel 16:51
Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
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Ezekiel 16:52
Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
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Daniel 8:14
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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Daniel 12:3
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.