יְהֹוָה צִדְקֵנוּYᵉhôvâh tsidqênûw

rightness, righteousness

Pronunciation: ye-ho-vaw' tsid-kay'-noo · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3072

Meanings

1. what is right, just, normal; rightness, justness (Deuteronomy 25:15; Leviticus 19:36; Job 31:6)

2. righteousness, in government

a. of judges, rulers, kings (Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 1:16; Proverbs 31:9)

b. of law (Isaiah 58:2; Psalms 119:7; Psalms 119:62)

c. of Davidic king, Messiah (Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 11:5; Isaiah 16:5)

d. of Jerusalem, as seat of just government (Isaiah 1:26; Jeremiah 31:23; Jeremiah 50:7)

e. of God's attribute (Job 36:3; Hosea 2:21; Psalms 85:11)

3. righteousness, justice, in a case or cause (Job 6:29; Job 8:6; Job 29:14)

4. rightness, in speech (Psalms 52:5; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 8:8)

5. righteousness, as ethically right (Job 35:2; Psalms 17:15; Psalms 45:8)

6. deliverance, victory, prosperity, righteousness as vindicated, justification in controversy with enemies and troubles

a. of God as covenant-keeping, in redemption (Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 51:5)

b. in name יהוה צִדְקֵנוּ, of Messianic king (vindicating people's cause and giving victory) (Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16)

c. of people as enjoying ׳ צ of salvation (Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 58:8; Isaiah 62:2)

d. of Cyrus (Isaiah 41:2)

Same root

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).