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Word study · Hebrew

צְדָקָה

tse.da.qahH6666

righteousness

Used 157 times in the tagged text.

What it means

  • justice, righteousness
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) justice, righteousness
  • 1a) righteousness (in government)
  • 1a1) of judge, ruler, king
  • 1a2) of law
  • 1a3) of Davidic king Messiah
  • 1b) righteousness (of God's attribute)
  • 1c) righteousness (in a case or cause)
  • 1d) righteousness, truthfulness
  • 1e) righteousness (as ethically right)
  • 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation
  • 1f1) of God
  • 1f2) prosperity (of people)
  • 1g) righteous acts
  • Aramaic equivalent: tsid.qah (צִדְקָה "righteousness" H6665)

Same idea, other words · Righteousness and justice

The same word family carries both 'righteous' and 'just'. English splits them; the Bible often does not.

Where it appears

  • Genesis3
  • Deuteronomy6
  • Judges2
  • 1 Samuel2
  • 2 Samuel4
  • 1 Kings3
  • 1 Chronicles1
  • 2 Chronicles2
  • Nehemiah1
  • Job4
  • Psalms34
  • Proverbs18
  • Isaiah36
  • Jeremiah8
  • Ezekiel20
  • Daniel3
  • Hosea1
  • Joel1
  • Amos3
  • Micah2
  • Zechariah1
  • Malachi2

Every use · 151–157 of 157 · BSB

  1. Amos 5:24וּצְדָקָ֖הand righteousness

    But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

  2. Amos 6:12צְדָקָ֖הrighteousness

    “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

  3. Micah 6:5צִדְק֥וֹת[the] righteousness<es> of

    My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

  4. Micah 7:9בְּצִדְקָתֽוֹon righteousness his

    Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

  5. Zechariah 8:8וּבִצְדָקָֽה סand in righteousness

    I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

  6. Malachi 3:3בִּצְדָקָֽהin righteousness

    And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.

  7. Malachi 4:2צְדָקָ֔הrighteousness

    “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

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