Strong's H6659 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: צָדוֹק (Tsâdôwq)

Pronunciation: tsaw-doke'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Zadok = "righteous"

Derivation: from צָדַק (tsâdaq) [H6663]; just;

Definition: Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites

KJV Renderings: Zadok.

Senses

1. the high priest, son of Ahitub of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and 11th in descent from Aaron; joined David after Saul's death and supported him against Absalom and Adonijah; anointed Solomon as king
2. a priest, son of Meraioth, father of Meshullam of the house of Ahitub; apparently a nephew of 1
3. father of Jerusha, the wife of king Uzziah and mother of king Jotham of Judah
4. son of Baana and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
5. son of Immer and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
6. a leader of the people in the time of Nehemiah
7. a scribe appointed by Nehemiah as one of the treasurers over the storehouse
8. a valiant warrior of the tribe of Benjamin who joined David at Hebron. Same as 1?

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.