Tsedeq — H6664

H6664 · Hebrew — צדק

Pronunciation: tseh'-dek

Definition

masculine noun

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

  1. 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

Usually translated as

just, justice, righteous, right, even, unright, rightly, rightness

Origin

from H6663

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tsedeq occurs 118 times in 111 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (2), Deuteronomy (5), Job (7), Psalms (49), Proverbs (8), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (25), Jeremiah (6), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (1), Hosea (2), Zephaniah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T