Tsedeq

tseh'-dek
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Tsedeq Definition

  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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
qdc
Origin
from (06663)
Strong's Number
06664
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 1879a

KJV Word Usage

righteousness
77
just
11
justice
10
righteous
8
righteously
3
right
3
righteous cause
1
unrighteousness
1
miscellaneous
2
Total
116

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Tsedeq". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .