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Lexicon :: Strong's H6662 - ṣadîq

Aa
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 4 / 4 (Ecc 7:15–Mal 3:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: the righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:16 - Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise— why destroy yourself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:20 - Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1 - So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,[fn] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good, so with the sinful; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:10 - Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:23 - who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 - From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:2 - Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:7 - The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - those who with a word make someone out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:26 - Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’? No one told of this, no one foretold it, no one heard any words from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:21 - Declare what is to be, present it— let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:24 - Can plunder be taken from warriors, or captives be rescued from the fierce[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - After he has suffered, he will see the light of life[fn] and be satisfied[fn]; by his knowledge[fn] my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:1 - The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:21 - Then all your people will be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1 - You are always righteous, LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5 - “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will raise up for David[fn] a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18 - “The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command. Listen, all you peoples; look on my suffering. My young men and young women have gone into exile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:13 - But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20 - “Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:21 - But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies, when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:5 - “Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9 - He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live,

declares the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:20 - The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - “But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26 - If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - and say to her: ‘This is what the LORD says: I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45 - But righteous judges will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood, because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - “Therefore, son of man, say to your people, ‘If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person’s former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person’s former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13 - If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18 - If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, they will die for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:14 - The LORD did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9 - Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6 - This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:12 - For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 - Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4 - “See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness[fn]—

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:5 - The LORD within her is righteous; he does no wrong. Morning by morning he dispenses his justice, and every new day he does not fail, yet the unrighteous know no shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 - Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:18 - And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.

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1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 6:9–Psa 37:16

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Psa 37:17–Pro 10:32

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Pro 11:8–Ecc 3:17

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