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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 119:164
    Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
  • Psalms 119:172
    My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
  • Psalms 132:9
    Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
  • Proverbs 1:3
    To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
  • Proverbs 2:9
    Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
  • Proverbs 8:8
    All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
  • Proverbs 8:15
    By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
  • Proverbs 12:17
    He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
  • Proverbs 16:13
    Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
  • Proverbs 25:5
    Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.