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Lexicon :: Strong's H6666 - ṣᵊḏāqâ

Aa
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.
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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 1 / 3 (Gen 15:6–Psa 103:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:6 - Then he believed H539 in the LORD H3068; and He [fn]credited H2803 it to him as righteousness H6666.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - “For I have [fn]chosen H3045 him, so H4616 that H4616 he may command H6680 his children H1121 and his household H1004 after H310 him to keep H8104 the way H1870 of the LORD H3068 by doing H6213 righteousness H6666 and justice H4941, so H4616 that H4616 the LORD H3068 may bring H935 upon Abraham H85 what H834 He has spoken H1696 about H5921 him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - “So my [fn]honesty H6666 will answer H6030 for me later H4279 H3117, when H3588 you come H935 concerning H5921 my [fn]wages H7939. Every H3605 one H3605 that is not speckled H5348 or spotted H2921 among the goats H5795, or black H2345 among the lambs H3775, if found with me, will be considered stolen H1589.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - “And it will be righteousness H6666 for us if H3588 we are H8104 careful H8104 to [fn]follow H6213 all H3605 this H2088 commandment H4687 before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God H430, just H834 as H834 He commanded H6680 us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:4 -

“Do not say H559 in your heart H3824 when the LORD H3068 your God H430 has driven H1920 them away H1920 from [fn]you, ‘Because of my righteousness H6666 the LORD H3068 has brought H935 me in H935 to take H3423 possession H3423 of this H2088 land H776.’ Rather, it is because of the [fn]wickedness H7564 of these H428 nations H1471 that the LORD H3068 is dispossessing H3423 them before H4480 H6440 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5 - It is not because of your righteousness H6666 or the uprightness H3476 of your heart H3824 that you are going H935 in H935 to take H3423 possession H3423 of their land H776, [fn]but it is because H3588 of the [fn]wickedness H7564 of these H428 nations H1471 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 is driving H3423 them out H3423 from before H6440 you, and in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 confirm H6965 the [fn]oath H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 to your fathers H1, to Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 -

“Know H3045, then, that it is not because of your righteousness H6666 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you this H2088 good H2896 land H776 to possess H3423, for you are a [fn]stubborn H7186 H6203 people H5971.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13 - “When the sun H8121 goes H935 down you shall certainly H7725 return H7725 the pledge H5667 to him, so that he may sleep H7901 in his cloak H8008 and bless H1288 you; and it will be righteousness H6666 for you before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 -

“Then he [fn]selected H7200 the choicest H7225 part for himself,

For there H8033 the ruler’s H2710 portion H2513 was [fn]reserved H5603;

And he came H857 with the leaders H7218 of the people H5971;

He executed H6213 the justice H6666 of the LORD H3068,

And His ordinances H4941 with Israel H3478.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:11 -

“At the sound H6963 of those who distribute H2686 water among H996 the watering H4857 places H4857,

There H8033 they will recount H8567 the righteous H6666 deeds H6666 of the LORD H3068,

The righteous H6666 deeds H6666 for His [fn]peasantry H6520 in Israel H3478.

Then H227 the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 went H3381 down H3381 to the gates H8179.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7 - “Now H6258 then, take H3320 your stand H3320, so that I may enter H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with you before H6440 the LORD H3068 concerning H854 all H3605 the righteous H6666 acts H6666 of the LORD H3068 that He did H6213 for you and your fathers H1.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:23 - “And the LORD H3068 will repay H7725 each H376 man H376 for his righteousness H6666 and his faithfulness H530; for the LORD H3068 handed H3027 H5414 you over H5414 to me today H3117, but I refused H3808 H14 to reach H7971 out H7971 with my hand H3027 against the LORD’S H3068 anointed H4899.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:15 -

So David H1732 reigned H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478; and David H1732 [fn]administered H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666 for all H3605 his people H5971.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - “For all H3605 my father’s H1 household H1004 was only H3808 H3588 H518 people H376 worthy of death H4194 to my lord H113 the king H4428; yet you placed H7896 your servant H5650 among those who ate H398 at your own table H7979. So what H4100 right H6666 do I still H5750 have H3426, that I should [fn]complain H2199 anymore H5750 to the king H4428?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 -

“The LORD H3068 has treated H1580 me in accordance with my righteousness H6666;

In accordance with the cleanliness H1252 of my hands H3027 He has repaid H7725 me.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:25 -

“So the LORD H3068 has repaid H7725 me in accordance with my righteousness H6666,

In accordance with my cleanliness H1252 before H5048 His eyes H5869.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - Then Solomon H8010 said H559, “You have shown H6213 great H1419 faithfulness H2617 to Your servant H5650 David H1732 my father H1, according H834 as H834 he walked H1980 before H6440 You in [fn]truth H571, righteousness H6666, and uprightness H3483 of heart H3824 toward H5973 You; and You have [fn]reserved H8104 for him this H2088 great H1419 faithfulness H2617, that You have given H5414 him a son H1121 to sit H3427 on his throne H3678, as it is this H2088 day H3117.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:32 - then hear H8085 in heaven H8064 and act H6213 and judge H8199 Your servants H5650, condemning H7561 the wicked H7563 by [fn]bringing H5414 his way H1870 on his own head H7218, and acquitting H6663 the righteous H6662 by giving H5414 him according to his righteousness H6666.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 your God H430 who H834 delighted H2654 in you to put H5414 you on the throne H3678 of Israel H3478; because the LORD H3068 loves H157 Israel H3478 forever H5769, He made H7760 you king H4428, to do H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:14 -

So David H1732 reigned H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478; and he [fn]administered H1961 H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666 for all H3605 his people H5971.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:23 - then hear H8085 from heaven H8064 and take H6213 action H6213 and judge H8199 Your servants H5650, [fn]punishing H7725 the wicked H7563 by bringing H5414 his way H1870 on his own head H7218, and justifying H6663 the righteous H6662 by [fn]repaying H5414 him according to his righteousness H6666.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 your God H430 who H834 delighted H2654 in you, setting H5414 you on His throne H3678 as king H4428 for the LORD H3068 your God H430; because your God H430 loved H157 Israel H3478, establishing H5975 them forever H5769, He made H5414 you king H4428 over H5921 them, to carry H6213 out H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20 - So I answered H7725 H1697 them and said H559 to them, “The God H430 of heaven H8064 will make H6743 us successful H6743; therefore we His servants H5650 will arise H6965 and build H1129, but you have H369 no H369 part H2506, right H6666, or memorial H2146 in Jerusalem H3389.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 -

“I have kept H2388 hold H2388 of my righteousness H6666 and will not let H7503 it go H7503.

My heart H3824 does not rebuke H2778 any H4480 of my days H3117.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:26 -

Then he will pray H6279 to God H433, and He will accept H7521 him,

So that he may see H7200 His face H6440 with joy H8643,

And He will restore H7725 His righteousness H6666 to that person H582.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:8 -

“Your wickedness H7562 is for a man H376 like H3644 yourself,

And your righteousness H6666 is for a son H1121 of man H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23 -

“The Almighty H7706—we cannot H3808 find H4672 Him;

He is exalted H7689 in power H3581

And He will not violate H6031 justice H4941 and abundant H7230 righteousness H6666.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 -

LORD H3068, lead H5148 me in Your righteousness H6666 because H4616 of my enemies H8324;

Make H3474 Your way H1870 [fn]straight H3474 before H6440 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7 -

For the LORD H3068 is righteous H6662, He loves H157 [fn]righteousness H6666;

The upright H3477 will see H2372 His face H6440.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:31 -

They will come H935 and will declare H5046 His righteousness H6666

To a people H5971 who will be born H3205, that He has performed H6213 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:5 -

He will receive H5375 a blessing H1293 from the LORD H3068

And [fn]righteousness H6666 from the God H430 of his salvation H3468.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

In You, LORD H3068, I have taken H2620 refuge H2620;

Let me never H408 H5769 be [fn]put H954 to H954 shame H954;

In Your righteousness H6666 rescue H6403 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:5 -

He loves H157 righteousness H6666 and justice H4941;

The earth H776 is full H4390 of the goodness H2617 of the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 -

Your righteousness H6666 is like the [fn]mountains H2022 of God H410;

Your judgments H4941 are like the great H7227 deep H8415.

LORD H3068, You [fn]protect H3467 mankind H120 and animals H929.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:10 -

Prolong H4900 Your mercy H2617 to those who know H3045 You,

And Your righteousness H6666 to the upright H3477 of heart H3820.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 -

I have not hidden H3680 Your righteousness H6666 within H8432 my heart H3820;

I have spoken H559 of Your faithfulness H530 and Your salvation H8668;

I have not concealed H3582 Your mercy H2617 and Your truth H571 from the great H7227 congregation H6951.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:14 -

Save H5337 me from the guilt H1818 of H1818 bloodshed H1818, God H430, the God H430 of my salvation H8668;

Then my tongue H3956 will joyfully H7442 sing H7442 of Your righteousness H6666.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:27 -

Add H5414 guilt H5771 to their guilt H5771,

And may they not come H935 into Your righteousness H6666.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2 -

In Your righteousness H6666 rescue H5337 me and save H6403 me;

Extend H5186 Your ear H241 to me and help H3467 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:15 -

My mouth H6310 shall tell H5608 of Your righteousness H6666

And of Your salvation H8668 all H3605 day H3117 long;

For I do not know H3045 the art H5615 of H5615 writing H5615.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:16 -

I will come H935 with the mighty H1369 deeds H1369 of the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068;

I will make H2142 mention H2142 of Your righteousness H6666, Yours alone H905.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:19 -

[fn]For Your righteousness H6666, God H430, reaches to the [fn]heavens H4791,

You who H834 have done H6213 great H1419 things H1419;

God H430, who H4310 is like H3644 You?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 -

My tongue H3956 also H1571 will tell H1897 of Your righteousness H6666 all H3605 day H3117 long;

For they are put H954 to H954 shame H954, for they are humiliated H2659 who seek H1245 [fn]my harm H7451.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:1 -

A Psalm of Solomon.

Give H5414 the king H4428 Your judgments H4941, God H430,

And Your righteousness H6666 to the king’s H4428 son H1121.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:3 -

[fn]May the mountains H2022 bring H5375 [fn]peace H7965 to the people H5971,

And the hills H1389, in righteousness H6666.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 -

Will Your wonders H6382 be made H3045 known H3045 in the darkness H2822?

And Your righteousness H6666 in the land H776 of forgetfulness H5388?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:16 -

In Your name H8034 they rejoice H1523 all H3605 the day H3117,

And by Your righteousness H6666 they are exalted H7311.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:2 -

The LORD H3068 has made H3045 His salvation H3444 known H3045;

He has revealed H1540 His righteousness H6666 in the sight H5869 of the nations H1471.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:4 -

The [fn]strength H5797 of the King H4428 loves H157 [fn]justice H4941;

You have established H3559 [fn]order H4339;

You have executed H6213 [fn]justice H4941 and righteousness H6666 in Jacob H3290.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:6 -

The LORD H3068 performs H6213 [fn]righteous H6666 deeds H6666

And judgments H4941 for all H3605 who are oppressed H6231.


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