צֶדֶק
tsedeq · tseh'-dek
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6663 (צָדַק);
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- the right (natural, moral or legal)
- also, (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
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
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To pursue the straight path of the doorway, the way in of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צֶדֶק 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
119 occurrences · 119 OT · 0 NT · 52 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- righteousness23 · 26%
- of righteousness9 · 10%
- in righteousness6 · 7%
- with righteousness4 · 5%
- justice4 · 5%
- just3 · 3%
- of justice3 · 3%
- and righteousness3 · 3%
- of thy righteousness3 · 3%
- and a just3 · 3%
- my righteousness3 · 3%
- righteously3 · 3%
- me according to my righteousness2 · 2%
- of my righteousness2 · 2%
- and just2 · 2%
- thy righteousness2 · 2%
- and justice2 · 2%
- thy righteous2 · 2%
- his righteousness2 · 2%
- in an even1 · 1%
- on righteousness1 · 1%
- that which is altogether1 · 1%
- with just1 · 1%
- a just1 · 1%
- but in righteousness1 · 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.