Lexical Summary tsedeq: rightness, righteousness Original Word: צֶדֶקTransliteration: tsedeq Phonetic Spelling: (tseh'-dek) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: rightness, righteousness Meaning: the right, equity, prosperity Strong's Concordance justice, righteous cause From tsadaq; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity -- X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness). see HEBREW tsadaq Brown-Driver-Briggs H6664. tsedeq צֶ֫דֶק noun masculineIsaiah 1:21 rightness, righteousness; — ׳צ Leviticus 19:36 87t.; צִדְקִי Isaiah 41:10 8t., etc.; — 1 what is right, just, normal; rightness, justness, of weights and measures, וָצֶדֶק שְׁלֵמָה אֶבֶן אֵיפָה, Deuteronomy 25:15 a perfect and a just weight, ephah; צ ׳מאֹזְנֵי; צ ׳בַּת צ, ׳הִין צ, ׳אֵיפַת צ, ׳אַבְנֵי Leviticus 19:36 (H) Job 31:6; Ezekiel 45:10; צ ׳מַעְגְּלֵי right paths Psalm 23:3; צ ׳זִבְחֵי right peace-offerings Deuteronomy 33:19; Psalm 4:6; Psalm 51:21. 2 righteousness, in government: a. of judges, rulers, kings, בצ ׳שׁפט Leviticus 19:15(H); צ ׳שׁפט Deuteronomy 1:16; Proverbs 31:9; צ ׳משׁפט Deuteronomy 16:18; צ ׳רדף 16:20; צ ׳חוֺקֵק Proverbs 8:15; לצ ׳מלך Isaiah 32:1; צ ׳דבּר Psalm 58:2; also Proverbs 25:5; Psalm 94:15; Ecclesiastes 5:7. b. of law, as מִשְׁמָּטִים Isaiah 58:2; Psalm 119:7; 119:62; 119:75; 119:106; 119:160 (ᵐ5, but מִשְׁמַּט ᵑ0), 119:164; as עֵדוֺת 119:138; 119:144; as מִצְוֺר 119:172. c. of Davidic king, Messiah Isaiah 11:4-5, 16:5; Psalm 45:5, דצ ׳דין 72:2. d. of Jerusalem, as seat of just government, הַצֶּדֶק עִיר Isaiah 1:26 city of righteousness; צ ׳נְוֵה Jeremiah 31:23; 50:7 (possibly these reflect an original god צֶדֶק, see צֶדֶק מַלְכִּי); ׳צ בָּהּ יָלִין Isaiah 1:21 righteousness used to lodge in her; compare הצ ׳מְקוֺם Ecclesiastes 3:16 the place of righteousness. e. of God's attribute as sovereign Job 36:3, husband of Israel Hosea 2:21; ׳צ his personified agent Psalm 85:11; 85:12; Psalm 85:14, foundation of his throne 89:15 = 97:2; in his government 9:9; 65:6; 96:13 = 98:9, promise Isaiah 45:19, administration of justice Job 8:3; Jeremiah 11:20; Psalm 7:18; Psalm 48:11; 50:6 = 97:6, vindication of his people 9:5; 35:24; 35:28; raising up Cyrus Isaiah 45:13, calling his servant 42:6; צִדְקִי אֱלֹהֵי Psalm 4:2 God of my righteousness (who vindicates me); his ׳צ is everlasting 119:142. 3 righteousness, justice, in a case or cause Job 6:29; 8:6; 29:14; Psalm 35:27; Isaiah 59:4; God כצ ׳שׁפט Psalm 7:9 judges according to righteousness; כצ ׳גמל 18:21; כצ ׳השׁיב 18:25; צ ׳שׁמע 17:1 צ ׳הוציא 37:6. 4 rightness, in speech, צ ׳דבּר Psalm 52:5 (opposed to שֶׁקֶר); צ ׳יַגִּיד Proverbs 12:17; ׳בצ פי אמרי כל 8:8; צ ׳שִׂפְתֵי 16:13. 5 righteousness, as ethically right Job 35:2; Psalm 17:15; 45:8; Proverbs 1:3; 2:9; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Jeremiah 22:13; Ezekiel 3:20; Hosea 10:12 (read צ ׳מְּרִי, so ᵐ5 We Now); עלמים׳צ Daniel 9:24; צ ׳עשׂה Isaiah 64:4; Psalm 119:121; צ ׳פעל 15:2; צ ׳למד Isaiah 26:6, 10; צ ׳בקּשׁ Zephaniah 2:3; צ ׳רדף Isaiah 51:1; צ ׳ידע 51:7. 6 righteousness as vindicated, justification in controversy with enemies and troubles, deliverance, victory, prosperity: a. of God as covenant-keeping, in redemption, צִדְקִי בִּימִין Isaiah 41:10, "" יֵשַׁע 45:8; 51:5, compare 42:21; צ ׳בשּׂר Psalm 40:10; צ ׳אִמְרַת 119:123. b. in name צִדְקֵנוּ יהוה, of Messianic king (vindicating people's cause and giving victory) Jeremiah 23:6; of city 33:16. c. of people as enjoying ׳צ of salvation, "" יְשׁוּעָה Isaiah 62:1; "" כָּבוֺד 58:8; 62:2; צ יִלְבְּשׁוּ ׳כהנים Psalm 132:9; צ ׳שַׁעֲרֵי 118:19; הצ ׳אֵילֵי Isaiah 61:3. d. of Cyrus, ׳צ לְרַגְלוֺ יִקְרָאֵהוּ Isaiah 41:2 (who) in victory calleth him at every step (CheHpt on whose steps attends victory, so Di Du). |