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צֶדֶק H6664

tsedeq

tseh'-dek

from צָדַק; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity; [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

צֶ֫דֶק n.m. rightness, righteousness
1 what is right, just, normal; rightness, justness, of weights and measures
2 righteousness, in government
3 righteousness, justice, in a case or cause
4 rightness, in speech
5 righteousness, as ethically right
6 righteousness, as vindicated, justification in controversy with enemies and troubles, deliverance, victory, prosperity

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


109 occurrences

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  • Job 29:14
    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
  • Job 31:6
    Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
  • Job 35:2
    Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
  • Job 36:3
    I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
  • Psalms 4:1
    To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
  • Psalms 4:5
    Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
  • Psalms 7:8
    The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
  • Psalms 7:17
    I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
  • Psalms 9:4
    For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
  • Psalms 9:8
    And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.