צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâh
righteousness
Pronunciation: tsed-aw-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6666
Meanings
1. righteousness, in government
a. of judge, ruler, king (Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 9:6; Amos 5:7)
b. of law (Deuteronomy 33:21)
c. of Davidic king, Messiah (Psalms 72:1; Psalms 72:3; Isaiah 9:6)
2. God's attribute (Psalms 36:7; Psalms 71:19; Psalms 99:4)
3. righteousness, in a case or cause (Job 27:6; 2 Samuel 19:29; Isaiah 57:12)
4. righteousness, = truthfulness (Isaiah 48:1; Zechariah 8:8; Isaiah 45:28)
5. righteousness, as ethically right (Genesis 30:33; Deuteronomy 6:25; Isaiah 33:5)
6. righteousness, as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc. (compare צֶדֶק 6)
a. of God (Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 51:6)
b. of people, = prosperity (Proverbs 8:18; Joel 2:23)
7. righteous acts
a. of God (Judges 5:11; 1 Samuel 12:7; Micah 6:5)
b. of man's moral conduct (Isaiah 64:5; Jeremiah 51:10; Ezekiel 3:20)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 157 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 15:6 And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.
- Genesis 18:19 I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.”
- Genesis 30:33 In the future, when you check on the animals you have given me as my wages, you’ll see that I have been honest. If you find in my flock any goats without speckles or spots, or any sheep that are not black, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
- Deuteronomy 6:25 For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the Lord our God has given us.’
- Deuteronomy 9:4 “After the Lord your God has done this for you, don’t say in your hearts, ‘The Lord has given us this land because we are such good people!’ No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is pushing them out of your way.
- Deuteronomy 9:5 It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy their land. The Lord your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
See every passage
- Genesis 15:6, 18:19, 30:33
- Deuteronomy 6:25, 9:4, 9:5, 9:6, 24:13, 33:21
- Judges 5:11
- 1 Samuel 12:7, 26:23
- 2 Samuel 8:15, 19:28, 22:21, 22:25
- 1 Kings 3:6, 8:32, 10:9
- 1 Chronicles 18:14
- 2 Chronicles 6:23, 9:8
- Nehemiah 2:20
- Job 27:6, 33:26, 35:8, 37:23
- Psalms 5:8, 11:7, 22:31, 24:5, 31:1, 33:5, 36:6, 36:10, 40:10, 51:14, 69:27, 71:2, 71:15, 71:16, 71:19, 71:24, 72:1, 72:3, 88:12, 89:16, 98:2, 99:4, 103:6, 103:17, 106:3, 106:31, 111:3, 112:3, 112:9, 119:40, 119:142, 143:1, 143:11, 145:7
- Proverbs 8:18, 8:20, 10:2, 11:4, 11:5, 11:6, 11:18, 11:19, 12:28, 13:6, 14:34, 15:9, 16:8, 16:12, 16:31, 21:3, 21:21
- Isaiah 1:27, 5:7, 5:16, 5:23, 9:7, 10:22, 28:17, 32:16, 32:17, 33:5, 33:15, 45:8, 45:23, 45:24, 46:12, 46:13, 48:1, 48:18, 51:6, 51:8, 54:14, 54:17, 56:1, 57:12, 58:2, 59:9, 59:14, 59:16, 59:17, 60:17, 61:10, 61:11, 63:1, 64:6
- Jeremiah 4:2, 9:24, 22:3, 22:15, 23:5, 33:15, 51:10
- Ezekiel 3:20, 14:14, 14:20, 18:5, 18:19, 18:20, 18:21, 18:22, 18:24, 18:26, 18:27, 33:12, 33:13, 33:14, 33:16, 33:18, 33:19, 45:9
- Daniel 9:7, 9:16, 9:18
- Hosea 10:12
- Joel 2:23
- Amos 5:7, 5:24, 6:12
- Micah 6:5, 7:9
- Zechariah 8:8
- Malachi 3:3, 4:2
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).