Strong's H6664 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: צֶדֶק (tsedeq)

Pronunciation: tseh'-dek

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: from צָדַק (tsâdaq) [H6663];

Definition: the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity

KJV Renderings: [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).

Senses

1. justice, rightness, righteousness
1. what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
2. righteousness (in government)
3. of judges, rulers, kings
4. of law
5. of Davidic king, Messiah
6. of Jerusalem as seat of just government
7. of God's attribute
8. righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
9. rightness (in speech)
10. righteousness (as ethically right)
11. righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity
12. of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
13. in name of Messianic king
14. of people enjoying salvation
15. of Cyrus

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.