Tsedeq צֶ֫דֶק

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Tsedeq
צֶ֫דֶק
Transliterationtsedeq
Strong's numberH6664 (H6664G, H6664H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossrighteousness
Occurrences119 in 112 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (49)

Tsedeq (Hebrew צֶ֫דֶק, Strong's H6664) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “righteousness”. It occurs 119 times in 112 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H6664G: righteousness

1) justice, rightness, righteousness
1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
1b) righteousness (in government)
1b1) of judges, rulers, kings
1b2) of law
1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah
1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government
1b5) of God's attribute
1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
1d) rightness (in speech)
1e) righteousness (as ethically right)
1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity
1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
1f2) in name of Messianic king
1f3) of people enjoying salvation
1f4) of Cyrus

H6664H: Righteousness

This name means justice, righteousness
Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVrighteousness (77), just (10), justice (10), righteous (8), righteously (3), right (3), altogether just (1), even (1), cause (1), unrighteousness (1)
BSBrighteousness (40), your righteous (7), honest (6), his righteousness (6), righteous (5), justice (5), your righteousness (5), are righteous (5), my righteousness (3), what is right (3), according to my righteousness (3), righteously (3), and 18 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Tsedeq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus

Deuteronomy

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Zephaniah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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