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Lexicon :: Strong's H6662 - ṣadîq

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צַדִּיק
Transliteration
ṣadîq
Pronunciation
tsad-deek'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1879c

Strong’s Definitions

צַדִּיק tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'; from H6663; just:—just, lawful, righteous (man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 206x

The KJV translates Strong's H6662 in the following manner: righteous (162x), just (42x), righteous man (1x), lawful (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 206x
The KJV translates Strong's H6662 in the following manner: righteous (162x), just (42x), righteous man (1x), lawful (1x).

  1. just, lawful, righteous

    1. just, righteous (in government)

    2. just, right (in one's cause)

    3. just, righteous (in conduct and character)

    4. righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)

    5. right, correct, lawful

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צַדִּיק tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'; from H6663; just:—just, lawful, righteous (man).
STRONGS H6662: Abbreviations
צַדִּיק 206 adjective just, righteous; — absolute צ׳ Genesis 6:9+; plural צַדִּיקִים Exodus 23:8+, etc.; —
1. just, righteous, in government:
a. of Davidic king 2 Samuel 23:3; צֶמַהּ Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 9:9 (|| victorious).
b. of judges, Ezekiel 23:45; Proverbs 29:2 (see Toy; Kau questions this meaning in all these).
c. of law, צ׳מִשְׁפָּטִים Deuteronomy 4:8.
d. of God Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 119:137; Psalm 129:4; Job 34:17, opposed to Pharaoh Exodus 9:27 (J); in discrimination Jeremiah 12:1; Zephaniah 3:5; Psalm 7:10; Psalm 7:12; Psalm 11:7; condemnation 2 Chronicles 12:6; Daniel 9:14; Lamentations 1:18; Ezra 9:15; Nehemiah 9:33; redemption Isaiah 45:21; Psalm 116:5; keeping promises Nehemiah 9:8; in all his ways Psalm 145:17.
2. just in one's cause, right: Exodus 23:7, 8 (E) Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 25:1; 1 Kings 8:32 2 Chronicles 6:23; Isaiah 5:23; Isaiah 29:21; Job 32:1; Job 36:7; Proverbs 17:15, 26; Proverbs 18:5, 17; Proverbs 24:24; Amos 2:6; Amos 5:12; Habakkuk 1:4, 13; right in law, not under penalty 2 Samuel 4:11; 1 Kings 2:32; innocent of specific offence 2 Kings 10:9; with מְן compare 1 Samuel 24:18.
3. just, righteous, in conduct and character:
a. towards God Genesis 7:1; Genesis 18:23, 24 (twice in verse); Genesis 18:25 (twice in verse); Genesis 18:26, 28 (J) Genesis 20:4 (E), Habakkuk 2:4; Malachi 3:18.
b. in general, ethically: Psalm 5:13; Psalm 7:10; Psalm 11:3; Psalm 11:5 + 21 times Psalms (+below), Proverbs 2:20; Proverbs 3:33; Proverbs 4:18; Proverbs 9:9 + 56 times Proverbs; Ecclesiastes 3:17 + 7 times Ecclesiastes; Isaiah 3:10; Isaiah 57:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 20:12; Lamentations 4:13; Ezekiel 3:20, 21 (twice in verse) + 12 times Ezekiel; Hosea 14:10; || תמים Genesis 6:9 (P) Job 12:4; || נָקִי Job 17:9; Job 22:19; Job 27:17; Psalm 94:21; || יִשְׁרֵי לֵב Psalm 32:11; Psalm 64:11; Psalm 97:11.
4. righteous, as justified and vindicated by י׳, especially servant of י׳ Isaiah 53:11, so his people, usually plural Isaiah 60:21; Psalm 33:1 + 8 times Psalms (see also above); אָהֳלֵי צ׳ Psalm 118:15 tents of the righteous; גּוֺרַל צ׳ Psalm 125:3; עֲדִת צ׳ Psalm 1:5; דֶּרֶךְ צ׳ Psalm 1:6; singular collective Psalm 34:20, 22; Psalm 75:11; Isaiah 24:16; Isaiah 26:7 (twice in verse); גּוֺי צַדִּיק Isaiah 26:2 (|| שֹׁמֵר אֱמֻנִים).
5. right, correct, Isaiah 41:26 (compare אֱמֶת Isaiah 43:9); lawful שְׁבִי צ׳ Isaiah 49:24 EV; but read H6184 עָרִיץ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:9; 6:9; 7:1; 18:23; 18:24; 18:25; 18:26; 18:28; 20:4

Exodus

9:27; 23:7; 23:8; 23:8

Deuteronomy

4:8; 16:19; 25:1; 32:4

1 Samuel

24:18

2 Samuel

4:11; 23:3

1 Kings

2:32; 8:32

2 Kings

10:9

2 Chronicles

6:23; 12:6

Ezra

9:15

Nehemiah

9:8; 9:33

Job

12:4; 17:9; 22:19; 27:17; 32:1; 34:17; 36:7

Psalms

1:5; 1:6; 7:10; 7:10; 7:12; 11:3; 11:5; 11:7; 32:11; 33:1; 34:20; 34:22; 94:21; 97:11; 116:5; 118:15; 119:137; 125:3; 129:4; 145:17

Proverbs

2:20; 3:33; 4:18; 9:9; 17:15; 17:26; 18:5; 18:17; 24:24; 29:2

Ecclesiastes

3:17

Isaiah

3:10; 5:23; 24:16; 26:2; 26:7; 29:21; 41:26; 43:9; 45:21; 49:24; 53:11; 57:1; 60:21

Jeremiah

12:1; 20:12; 23:5

Lamentations

1:18; 4:13

Ezekiel

3:20; 3:21; 23:45

Daniel

9:14

Amos

2:6; 5:12

Habakkuk

1:4; 1:13; 2:4

Zephaniah

3:5

Zechariah

9:9

Malachi

3:18

H6662

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Strong's Number H6662 matches the Hebrew צַדִּיק (ṣadîq),
which occurs 206 times in 197 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 6:9–Psa 37:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:9 - This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:1 - The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:23 - Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[fn] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - The LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?” “If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:27 - Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:8 - “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:8 - And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:19 - Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17 - “You are more righteous than I,” he said. “You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: ‘When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - The LORD will repay him for the blood he shed, because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better men and more upright than he.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:32 - then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - The next morning Jehu went out. He stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:23 - then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6 - The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15 - LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:8 - You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:33 - In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous; you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - “I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:9 - Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19 - The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:17 - what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:17 - Can someone who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 - He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:5 - Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:6 - For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:12 - Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 - Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure— you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:11 - God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:3 - When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7 - For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:5 - But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:18 - Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:11 - Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:1 - Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:15 - The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 - The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:21 - Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:12 - The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;

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3. LOAD PAGE 3 Pro 11:8–Ecc 3:17

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Ecc 7:15–Mal 3:18

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