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Strong's Number H6664

צֶדֶק

tsedeq · tseh'-dek

Transliteration:

tsedeq{tseh'-dek}

Word Origin:

from 6663

TWOT:

1879a

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity

Usage in the KJV:

righteousness 77, just 11, justice 10, righteous 8, righteously 3, right 3, righteous cause 1, unrighteousness 1, misc 2

Total: 116
Occurs 119 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

justice, rightness, righteousness
1. what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
2. 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
3. righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
4. rightness (in speech)
5. righteousness (as ethically right)
6. 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