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צֶדֶק H6664
H6664 is the Hebrew word צֶדֶק, transliterated tsedeq and said tseh'-dek. The King James Version most often renders it righteousness.
What it means
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity.
Where it comes from
from H6663 (צָדַק).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 99 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
Verses using צֶדֶק
The first 40 of 97 verses, quoted in full.
Leviticus 19:15 · KJV
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Leviticus 19:36 · KJV
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 1:16 · KJV
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Deuteronomy 16:18 · KJV
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deuteronomy 16:20 · KJV
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 25:15 · KJV
But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 33:19 · KJV
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
Job 8:6 · KJV
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Job 29:14 · KJV
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 31:6 · KJV
Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
Job 35:2 · KJV
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
Job 36:3 · KJV
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Psalm 4:1 · KJV
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalm 4:5 · KJV
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Psalm 7:8 · KJV
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Psalm 7:17 · KJV
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Psalm 9:8 · KJV
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Psalm 15:2 · KJV
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psalm 17:1 · KJV
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Psalm 17:15 · KJV
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Psalm 18:20 · KJV
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Psalm 18:24 · KJV
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Psalm 23:3 · KJV
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Psalm 35:24 · KJV
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Psalm 35:27 · KJV
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psalm 35:28 · KJV
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Psalm 37:6 · KJV
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Psalm 40:9 · KJV
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
Psalm 45:4 · KJV
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Psalm 45:7 · KJV
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Psalm 50:6 · KJV
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Psalm 51:19 · KJV
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Psalm 52:3 · KJV
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Psalm 58:1 · KJV
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalm 65:5 · KJV
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Psalm 72:2 · KJV
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Psalm 85:10 · KJV
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Psalm 85:11 · KJV
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Psalm 85:13 · KJV
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Psalm 89:14 · KJV
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6664 mean?
H6664 is the Hebrew word צֶדֶק (tsedeq), meaning the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity.
How is H6664 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it righteousness (61 times), just (11 times), justice (8 times), righteous (5 times), righteously (3 times), among others.
How many times does H6664 appear in the Bible?
צֶדֶק (tsedeq) is tagged in 97 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6664 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6663 (צָדַק).
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