צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh · tsed-aw-kaw'
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6663 (צָדַק);
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) 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: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the doorway, the way in › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
To pursue the straight path of the doorway, the way in of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צְדָקָה 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
157 occurrences · 157 OT · 0 NT · 85 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- righteousness14 · 13%
- and righteousness10 · 9%
- of righteousness9 · 8%
- and justice8 · 7%
- and right7 · 6%
- thy righteousness6 · 5%
- his righteousness6 · 5%
- the righteousness6 · 5%
- in righteousness5 · 5%
- of thy righteousness4 · 4%
- and thy righteousness3 · 3%
- and in righteousness3 · 3%
- me in thy righteousness3 · 3%
- and his righteousness3 · 3%
- from his righteousness3 · 3%
- with righteousness3 · 3%
- justice3 · 3%
- by their righteousness2 · 2%
- me according to my righteousness2 · 2%
- and my righteousness2 · 2%
- after righteousness2 · 2%
- by righteousness2 · 2%
- my righteousness2 · 2%
- him according to his righteousness2 · 2%
- it to him for 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.