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Lexicon :: Strong's H6666 - ṣᵊḏāqâ

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צְדָקָה
Transliteration
ṣᵊḏāqâ
Pronunciation
tsed-aw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1879b

Strong’s Definitions

צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x

The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x
The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).
  1. justice, righteousness

    1. righteousness (in government)

      1. of judge, ruler, king

      2. of law

      3. of Davidic king Messiah

    2. righteousness (of God's attribute)

    3. righteousness (in a case or cause)

    4. righteousness, truthfulness

    5. righteousness (as ethically right)

    6. righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation

      1. of God

      2. prosperity (of people)

    7. righteous acts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
STRONGS H6666: Abbreviations
צְדָקָה 157 noun feminine righteousness; — absolute צ׳ Genesis 15:6 + 81 times; construct צִדְקַת Deuteronomy 33:21 +5 times; suffix צִדְקָתִי Genesis 30:33 +, etc.; plural צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15 + 3 times; construct צִדְקוֺת Judges 5:11+; suffix צִדְקֹתֶיךָ Daniel 9:16, etc.; —
1. righteousness, in government:
a. of judge, ruler, king: || משׁפט Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 9:6; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12; משׁפט וצ׳ 2 Samuel 8:15, עשׂה David executed justice and righteousness = 1 Chronicles 18:14, compare 1 Kings 10:9 2 Chronicles 9:8; Jeremiah 22:3, 15; Jeremiah 33:15; Ezekiel 45:9; יִכּוֺן כִּסֵּא בּצ׳ Proverbs 16:12, compare Isaiah 54:14; עֲבֹדַת השׂ׳, מַעֲשֵׂה הצ׳ Isaiah 32:17, compare Isaiah 32:16; נֹגְשַׂיִךְ צ׳ Isaiah 60:17.
b. of law, || משׁפטים, צִדְקַת י׳ Deuteronomy 33:21.
c. of Davidic king, Messiah, || משׁפט, Psalm 72:1; Psalm 72:3; Isaiah 9:6; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15.
2. God's attribute as sovereign Psalm 36:7; Psalm 71:19; in government, עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Psalm 99:4; Jeremiah 9:23; administering justice Job 37:23; punishment Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 28:17; Daniel 9:7; vindication of his people Micah 7:9.
3. righteousness, in a case or cause, בצדקתי החזקתי Job 27:6 on my righteousness I hold fast; מה ישׁ לי עוד צ׳ 2 Samuel 19:29 what right have I yet ? of God's judgments, הגיד צ׳ Isaiah 57:12 (irony); השׁיב צ׳ 1 Samuel 26:23; Job 33:26; כּצ׳, השׁיב 2 Samuel 22:25, גמל 2 Samuel 22:21, נתן 1 Kings 8:52 2 Chronicles 6:23.
4. righteousness = truthfulness, באמת ובצ׳ Isaiah 48:1; Zechariah 8:8; in word Isaiah 45:28; Isaiah 63:1, oath Jeremiah 4:2.
5. righteousness, as ethically right: Genesis 30:33 (J) Deuteronomy 6:25; Isaiah 33:5; Isaiah 41:18; Ezekiel 14:14, 20; Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 11:4, 5, 18, 19 + 17 times, + (ה)צַךִּיק(ים) צִדְקַת Isaiah 5:23; Ezekiel 18:20; Ezekiel 33:12; ישׁרים צ׳ Proverbs 11:6; אֹרַח צ׳ Proverbs 8:20; Proverbs 12:28; דֶּרֶךְ צ׳ Proverbs 16:31; עשׂה צ׳ do righteousness Psalm 106:3; Isaiah 56:1; Isaiah 58:2; Ezekiel 18:22; עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Ezekiel 18:5 + 6 times Ezekiel; ומשׁפט עשׂה צ׳ Genesis 18:10 (J) Proverbs 21:8; רדף צ׳ Proverbs 15:9; Proverbs 21:21; הלך באמת ובצ׳ 1 Kings 3:6; חשׁב לוֺ (ל)צ׳ Genesis 15:6 (JE) imputed to him (for) righteousness, Psalm 106:31; וָחֶסֶד צ׳ Proverbs 21:21 (twice in verse) (strike out Greek Version of the LXXA B Toy).
6. righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc. (compare צֶדֶק 6):
a. of God || יָשַׁע, תְּשׁוּעָה, יְשׁוּעָה Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 51:6 + 7 times Isaiah2; || בְּרָכָה Psalm 24:6; || נַחֲלָה Isaiah 54:17; || חֶסֶד Psalm 36:11; Psalm 103:17; שֶׁמֶשׁ צ׳ Malachi 3:20 [Malachi 4:2] sun of righteousness (with healing); בִּצ׳, י׳ delivers, guides, exalts his people Psalm 5:9; Psalm 31:2; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 89:17; Psalm 119:40; Psalm 143:1; Psalm 143:11; אַליָֿבאֹוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 69:28 (of wicked); as accusative after verbs of declaring, etc., his saving (delivering) righteousness Psalm 22:32 [Psalm 22:31]; Psalm 40:11; Psalm 51:16; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 71:16; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 98:2; Psalm 145:7; also יִוָּדַע צ׳ Psalm 88:13; עֹמֶדֶת צ׳ לָעַד his righteousness endureth for ever Psalm 111:3; compare Psalm 119:142.
b. of people, = prosperity, || הון, עשׁר Proverbs 8:18; מוֺרֶה לצ׳ early rain for prosperity Joel 2:23.
7. plural righteous acts:
a. of God Judges 5:11 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 12:7; Micah 6:5; vindication of right Psalm 103:6; redemptive Isaiah 45:24; Daniel 9:16.
b. of man's moral conduct Isaiah 64:5; Jeremiah 51:10, also probably Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24; Ezekiel 33:13 (Kt singular) Psalm 11:7 (? gloss), Daniel 9:18; as adverb accusative, הֹלֵךְ צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6665.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:6; 15:6; 18:10; 30:33; 30:33

Deuteronomy

6:25; 33:21; 33:21

Judges

5:11; 5:11

1 Samuel

12:7; 26:23

2 Samuel

8:15; 19:29; 22:21; 22:25

1 Kings

3:6; 8:52; 10:9

1 Chronicles

18:14

2 Chronicles

6:23; 9:8

Job

27:6; 33:26; 37:23

Psalms

5:9; 11:7; 22:31; 24:6; 31:2; 36:7; 36:11; 40:11; 51:16; 69:28; 71:2; 71:15; 71:16; 71:19; 71:24; 72:1; 72:3; 88:13; 89:17; 98:2; 99:4; 103:6; 103:17; 106:3; 106:31; 111:3; 119:40; 119:142; 143:1; 143:11; 145:7

Proverbs

8:18; 8:20; 10:2; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:18; 11:19; 12:28; 15:9; 16:12; 16:31; 21:8; 21:21; 21:21

Isaiah

1:27; 5:7; 5:16; 5:23; 9:6; 9:6; 10:22; 28:17; 32:16; 32:17; 33:5; 33:15; 33:15; 41:18; 45:8; 45:24; 46:13; 48:1; 51:6; 54:14; 54:17; 56:1; 57:12; 58:2; 60:17; 63:1; 64:5

Jeremiah

4:2; 9:23; 22:3; 22:15; 23:5; 33:15; 33:15; 51:10

Ezekiel

3:20; 14:14; 14:20; 18:5; 18:20; 18:22; 18:24; 33:12; 33:13; 45:9

Daniel

9:7; 9:16; 9:16; 9:18

Joel

2:23

Amos

5:7; 6:12

Micah

6:5; 7:9

Zechariah

8:8

Malachi

4:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6666 matches the Hebrew צְדָקָה (ṣᵊḏāqâ),
which occurs 159 times in 150 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Isa 56:1–Mal 4:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:1 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“Keep justice and do righteousness H6666,

For My salvation is about to come

And My righteousness H6666 to be revealed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 -

“I will declare your righteousness H6666 and your deeds,

But they will not profit you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2 -

“Yet they seek Me day by day and find pleasure in knowing My ways,

As a nation that has done righteousness H6666

And has not forsaken the judgment of their God.

They ask Me for righteous judgments;

They find pleasure in the nearness of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 -

Therefore justice is far from us,

And righteousness H6666 does not overtake us;

We hope for light, but behold, darkness,

For brightness, but we walk in thick darkness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 -

Justice is turned back,

And righteousness H6666 stands far away;

For truth has stumbled in the street,

And rightness cannot enter.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:16 -

And He saw that there was no man,

And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;

Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,

And His righteousness H6666 upheld Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:17 -

He put on righteousness H6666 like a breastplate,

And a helmet of salvation on His head;

And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing

And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 -

“Instead of bronze I will bring gold,

And instead of iron I will bring silver,

And instead of wood, bronze,

And instead of stones, iron.

And I will make peace your overseers

And righteousness H6666 your taskmasters.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 -

I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh;

My soul will rejoice in my God,

For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,

He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness H6666,

As a bridegroom decks himself with a headdress,

And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 -

For as the earth brings forth its branches,

And as a garden causes the things sown in it to branch out,

So Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness H6666 and praise

To branch out before all the nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 -

Who is this who comes from Edom,

With garments of [fn]glowing colors from Bozrah,

This One who is majestic in His clothing,

[fn]Marching in the greatness of His power?

“It is I who speak in righteousness H6666, mighty to save.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 -

For all of us have become like one who is unclean,

And all our righteous H6666 deeds H6666 are like a filthy garment;

And all of us wither like a leaf,

And our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2 -

And you will swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’

In truth, in justice, and in righteousness H6666;

Then the nations will [fn]be blessed in Him,

And in Him they will boast.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:24 - but let him who boasts boast in this, that he [fn]understands and knows Me, that I am Yahweh who shows lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness H6666 on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Do justice and righteousness H6666, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 -

“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?

Did not your father eat and drink

And do justice and righteousness H6666?

Then it was well with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5 -

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,

“When I will raise up for David a righteous [fn]Branch;

And He will reign as king and [fn]prosper

And do justice and righteousness H6666 in the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - ‘In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous H6666 Branch of David to branch forth; and He shall do justice and righteousness H6666 on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:10 -

Yahweh has brought [fn]about our righteousness H6666;

Come and let us recount in Zion

The work of Yahweh our God!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20 - “Again, when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:14 - even though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness H6666 they could only deliver themselves,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:20 - even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “they could not deliver either their son or their daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness H6666.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:5 -

“But if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness H6666,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19 -

“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ But the son has done justice and righteousness H6666 and has kept all My statutes and done them. He shall surely live.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:20 - “The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness H6666 of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21 -

“But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has done and keeps all My statutes and does justice and righteousness H6666, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:22 - “All his transgressions which he has done will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness H6666 which he has done, he will live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 -

“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness H6666, does injustice, and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 which he has done will not be remembered for his unfaithfulness which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26 - “When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness H6666, does injustice, and dies because of it, for his injustice which he has done he will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:27 - “Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has done and does justice and righteousness H6666, he will preserve his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - “Now as for you, son of man, say to the sons of your people, ‘The righteousness H6666 of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live [fn]by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13 - “When I say to the righteous he will surely live, and he so trusts in his righteousness H6666 that he does iniquity, none of his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 will be remembered; but in that same iniquity of his which he has done he will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:14 - “But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does justice and righteousness H6666,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:16 - “None of his sins that he has done will be remembered against him. He has done justice and righteousness H6666; he shall surely live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18 - “When the righteous turns from his righteousness H6666 and does iniquity, then he shall die in [fn]it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:19 - “But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does justice and righteousness H6666, he will live by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and devastation, and do justice and righteousness H6666. Stop your eviction of My people,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 -

“To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness H6666, but to us [fn]open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have banished them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:16 - “O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteousness H6666, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all those around us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - “O my God, incline Your ear and listen! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not [fn]presenting our supplications before You on account of any righteousness H6666 of our own, but on account of Your abundant compassion.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 -

Sow with a view to righteousness H6666,

Reap in accordance with lovingkindness;

Break up your fallow ground,

Indeed, it is time to seek Yahweh

Until He comes and [fn]rains righteousness on you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 -

So rejoice, O sons of Zion,

And be glad in Yahweh your God,

For He has given you [fn]the early rain in righteousness H6666.

And He has poured down for you the rain,

The [fn]early and [fn]late rains [fn]as before.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7 -

For those who overturn justice into wormwood

And put righteousness H6666 down to the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:24 -

“But let justice roll down like waters

And righteousness H6666 like an ever-flowing stream.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 -

Do horses run on rocks?

Or does one plow [fn]them with oxen?

Yet you have overturned justice into gall

And the fruit of righteousness H6666 into [fn]wormwood,

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:5 -

“My people, remember now

What Balak king of Moab counseled

And what Balaam son of Beor answered him,

And from Shittim to Gilgal,

So [fn]that you might know the righteous H6666 acts H6666 of Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9 -

I will bear the rage of Yahweh

Because I have sinned against Him,

Until He pleads my case and does justice for me.

He will bring me out to the light,

And I will see His [fn]righteousness H6666.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:8 - and I will bring them back, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in [fn]truth and righteousness H6666.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3 - “And He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to Yahweh [fn]offerings in righteousness H6666.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:2 - “But for you who [fn]fear My name, the sun of righteousness H6666 will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

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