Strongs Number: H6664
- Hebrew Word
- צֶדֶק
- Transliteration
- tsedeq
- Phonetic
- tseh'-dek
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
the right ({natural} moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- BDB Definition
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1. justice, rightness, righteousness
a. what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
b. righteousness (in government)
1. of judges, rulers, kings
2. of law
3. of Davidic king, Messiah
4. of Jerusalem as seat of just government
5. of God's attribute
c. righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
d. rightness (in speech)
e. righteousness (as ethically right)
f. righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity
1. of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
2. in name of Messianic king
3. of people enjoying salvation
4. of Cyrus
- Origin
- From H6663
- Bible Usage
- X-(idiom) {even} (X that which is altogether) just ({-ice}) ([un-]) right (-eous) ({cause} {-ly} -ness).