צַדִּיק
tsaddîyq · tsad-deek'
just
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6663 (צָדַק);
just
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To pursue the straight path of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צַדִּיק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
206 occurrences · 206 OT · 0 NT · 71 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the righteous38 · 25%
- of the righteous38 · 25%
- of the just9 · 6%
- the just7 · 5%
- is righteous6 · 4%
- but the righteous6 · 4%
- righteous6 · 4%
- for the righteous5 · 3%
- a righteous5 · 3%
- and righteous3 · 2%
- to the righteous3 · 2%
- to the just3 · 2%
- ye righteous2 · 1%
- thou art righteous2 · 1%
- when a righteous2 · 1%
- with the righteous2 · 1%
- from thee the righteous2 · 1%
- just2 · 1%
- that the righteous2 · 1%
- when the righteous2 · 1%
- a just2 · 1%
- so righteous1 · 1%
- also a righteous1 · 1%
- and that the righteous1 · 1%
- was a just1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.