STRONGS NUMBER H6662


Word Summary
tsaddiq: just, righteous
Original Word: צַדִיק
Transliteration: tsaddiq
Phonetic Spelling: (tsad-deek')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: just, righteous
Meaning: just, righteous
Strong's Concordance
just, lawful, righteous man

From tsadaq; just -- just, lawful, righteous (man).

see HEBREW tsadaq

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6662. tsaddiq

צַדִּיק206 adjective just, righteous; — absolute ׳צGenesis 6:9+; plural צַדִּיקִיםExodus 23:8+, etc.; —

1 just, righteous, in government:

a. of Davidic king 2 Samuel 23:3; צֶמַהּJeremiah 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 ׳מִשְׁמָּטִיםDeuteronomy 4:8.

d. of God Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 119:137; 129:4; Job 34:17, opposed to Pharaoh Exodus 9:27 (J); in discrimination Jeremiah 12:1; Zephaniah 3:5; Psalm 7:10; 7:12; 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; 25:1; 1 Kings 8:32 2 Chronicles 6:23; Isaiah 5:23; 29:21; Job 32:1; 36:7; Proverbs 17:15, 26; 18:5, 17; 24:24; Amos 2:6; 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; 18:23-24, (twice in verse); 18:25 (twice in verse); 18:26, 28 (J) 20:4 (E), Habakkuk 2:4; Malachi 3:18.

b. in General, ethically: Psalm 5:13; Psalm 7:10; 11:3; 11:5 21t. Psalms (+below), Proverbs 2:20; 3:33; 4:18; 9:9 56t. Proverbs; Ecclesiastes 3:17 7t. Ecclesiastes; Isaiah 3:10; 57:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 20:12; Lamentations 4:13; Ezekiel 3:20-21, (twice in verse) + 12 t. Ezekiel; Hosea 14:10; "" תמיםGenesis 6:9 (P) Job 12:4; "" נָקִי17:9; 22:19; 27:17; Psalm 94:21; "" לֵב יִשְׁרֵי32:11; Psalm 64:11; 97:11.

4 righteous, as justified and vindicated by ׳י‎, especially servant of ׳יIsaiah 53:11, so his people, usually plural 60:21; Psalm 33:1 8t. Psalms (see also above); צ ׳אָהֳלֵי118:15 tents of the righteous; צ ׳גּוֺרַל125:3; צ ׳עֲדִת1:5; צ ׳דֶּרֶךְ1:6; singular collective 34:20, 22; Psalm 75:11; Isaiah 24:16; 26:7 (twice in verse); צַדִּיק גּוֺי26:2 ("" אֱמֻנִים שֹׁמֵר‎).

5 right, correct, Isaiah 41:26 (compare אֱמֶת43:9); lawful צ ׳שְׁבִי49:24 EV; but read עָרִיץ‎.