צָדוֹקTsâdôwq
proper name, masculine: just, righteous
Pronunciation: tsaw-doke' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6659
Meanings
1. priests
a. David's time (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 18:16; 2 Samuel 15:24)
2. father-in-law of Uzziah (2 Kings 15:33; 2 Chronicles 27:11)
3. two wall-builders
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 53 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 8:17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah was the court secretary.
- 2 Samuel 15:24 Zadok and all the Levites also came along, carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God. They set down the Ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until everyone had passed out of the city.
- 2 Samuel 15:25 Then the king instructed Zadok to take the Ark of God back into the city. “If the Lord sees fit,” David said, “he will bring me back to see the Ark and the Tabernacle again.
- 2 Samuel 15:27 The king also told Zadok the priest, “Look, here is my plan. You and Abiathar should return quietly to the city with your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan.
- 2 Samuel 15:29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the Ark of God back to the city and stayed there.
- 2 Samuel 15:35 Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, will be there. Tell them about the plans being made in the king’s palace,
See every passage
- 2 Samuel 8:17, 15:24, 15:25, 15:27, 15:29, 15:35, 15:36, 17:15, 18:19, 18:22, 18:27, 19:11, 20:25
- 1 Kings 1:8, 1:26, 1:32, 1:34, 1:38, 1:39, 1:44, 1:45, 2:35, 4:2, 4:4
- 2 Kings 15:33
- 1 Chronicles 6:8, 6:12, 6:53, 9:11, 12:28, 15:11, 16:39, 18:16, 24:3, 24:6, 24:31, 27:17, 29:22
- 2 Chronicles 27:1, 31:10
- Ezra 7:2
- Nehemiah 3:4, 3:29, 10:21, 11:11, 13:13
- Ezekiel 40:46, 43:19, 44:15, 48:11
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).