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צָדַק
tsâdaq · Hebrew · Strong's H6663 · 41 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew words as “cleanse”
What it means
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
cleanse, clear self, do justice, ify, ify self, 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.
“righteous”
also renders tsaddîyq (H6662)
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Where it appears
41 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 40 verses shown.
1 Kings 8:32 · HC/R/Vhc
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.
2 Chronicles 6:23 · HC/R/Vhc
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 Samuel 15:4 · HC/Vhp1cs/Sp3ms
Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”
Daniel 8:14 · HC/VNq3ms
He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
Daniel 12:3 · HC/Vhrmpc
Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.
Deuteronomy 25:1 · HC/Vhq3cp
If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
Exodus 23:7 HVhi1csEzekiel 16:51 HC/Vpw2fsEzekiel 16:52 HR/Vpc/Sp2fsGenesis 38:26 HVqp3fsGenesis 44:16 HVti1cpIsaiah 5:23 HVhrmpcIsaiah 43:9 HC/Vqi3mpIsaiah 43:26 HVqi2msIsaiah 45:25 HVqi3mpIsaiah 50:8 HVhrmsc/Sp1csIsaiah 53:11 HVhi3msJeremiah 3:11 HVpp3fsJob 4:17 HVqi3msJob 9:2 HVqi3msJob 9:15 HVqp1csJob 9:20 HVqi1csJob 10:15 HC/Vqq1csJob 11:2 HVqi3msJob 13:18 HVqi1csJob 15:14 HVqi3msJob 22:3 HVqi2msJob 25:4 HVqi3msJob 27:5 HVhi1csJob 32:2 HVpc/Sp3msJob 33:12 HVqp2msJob 33:32 HVpc/Sp2msJob 34:5 HVqp1csJob 35:7 HVqp2msJob 40:8 HVqi2msProverbs 17:15 HVhrmsaPsalm 19:9 HVqp3cpPsalm 51:4 HVqi2msPsalm 82:3 HVhv2mpPsalm 143:2 HVqi3ms
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