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צַדִּיק
tsaddîyq · Hebrew · Strong's H6662 · 206 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “just”
What it means
just
from H6663 (צָדַק);
How the KJV renders it
just, lawful, righteous
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“lawful”
also renders énnomos (G1772)
“righteous”
also renders tsâdaq (H6663)
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Where it appears
206 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 2:32 · HAampa
Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
1 Kings 8:32 · HAamsa
then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
1 Samuel 24:17 · HAamsa
He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
2 Chronicles 6:23 · HAamsa
then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 12:6 · HAamsa
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, “Yahweh is righteous.”
2 Kings 10:9 · HAampa
In the morning, he went out and stood, and said to all the people, “You are righteous. Behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
2 Samuel 4:11 HAamsa2 Samuel 23:3 HAamsaAmos 2:6 HAamsaAmos 5:12 HAamsaDaniel 9:14 HAamsaDeuteronomy 4:8 HAampaDeuteronomy 16:19 HAampaDeuteronomy 25:1 HTd/AamsaDeuteronomy 32:4 HAamsaEcclesiastes 3:17 HTd/AamsaEcclesiastes 7:15 HAamsaEcclesiastes 7:16 HAamsaEcclesiastes 7:20 HAamsaEcclesiastes 8:14 HAampaEcclesiastes 9:1 HTd/AampaEcclesiastes 9:2 HRd/AamsaExodus 9:27 HTd/AamsaExodus 23:7 HC/AamsaExodus 23:8 HAampaEzekiel 3:20 HAamsaEzekiel 3:21 HAamsaEzekiel 13:22 HAamsaEzekiel 18:5 HAamsaEzekiel 18:9 HAamsaEzekiel 18:20 HTd/AamsaEzekiel 18:24 HAamsaEzekiel 18:26 HAamsaEzekiel 21:3 HAamsaEzekiel 21:4 HAamsaEzekiel 23:45 HAampaEzekiel 33:12 HC/AamsaEzekiel 33:13 HRd/AamsaEzekiel 33:18 HAamsaEzra 9:15 HAamsaGenesis 6:9 HAamsaGenesis 7:1 HAamsaGenesis 18:23 HAamsaGenesis 18:24 HAampaGenesis 18:25 HAamsaGenesis 18:26 HAampaGenesis 18:28 HTd/AampaGenesis 20:4 HAamsaHabakkuk 1:4 HTd/AamsaHabakkuk 1:13 HAamsaHabakkuk 2:4 HC/AamsaHosea 14:9 HC/AampaIsaiah 3:10 HAamsaIsaiah 5:23 HAampaIsaiah 24:16 HRd/AamsaIsaiah 26:2 HAamsaIsaiah 26:7 HAamsaIsaiah 29:21 HAamsaIsaiah 41:26 HAamsaIsaiah 45:21 HAamsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.