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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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  • Psalms 85:10
    Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
  • Psalms 85:11
    Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
  • Psalms 85:13
    Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
  • Psalms 89:14
    Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
  • Psalms 94:15
    But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
  • Psalms 96:13
    Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
  • Psalms 97:2
    Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
  • Psalms 97:6
    The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
  • Psalms 98:9
    Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
  • Psalms 118:19
    Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: