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צְדָקָה H6666

tsᵉdâqâh

tsed-aw-kaw'

from צָדַק; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity); justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

צְדָקָה 157 n.f. righteousness
1 righteousness, in government
2 God's attribute as sovereign
3 righteousness, in a case or cause
4 righteousness = truthfulness
5 righteousness, as ethically right
6 righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc.
7 pl. righteous acts

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


150 occurrences

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  • Psalms 145:7
    They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
  • Proverbs 8:18
    Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
  • Proverbs 8:20
    I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
  • Proverbs 10:2
    Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
  • Proverbs 11:4
    Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
  • Proverbs 11:5
    The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
  • Proverbs 11:6
    The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
  • Proverbs 11:18
    The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
  • Proverbs 11:19
    As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
  • Proverbs 12:28
    In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.