- Original: צדק - Transliteration: Tsedeq - Phonetic: tseh'-dek - Definition: 1. justice, rightness, righteousness a. what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures) b. righteousness (in government) 1. of judges, rulers, kings 2. of law 3. of Davidic king, messiah 4. of Jerusalem as seat of just government 5. of God's attribute c. righteousness, justice (in case or cause) d. rightness (in speech) e. righteousness (as ethically right) f. righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity 1. of God as covenant-keeping in redemption 2. in name of messianic king 3. of people enjoying salvation 4. of Cyrus - Origin: from H6663 - TWOT entry: 1879a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H6663 ; the right (natural moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity: - X even (X that which is altogether) just (-ice) ([un-]) right (-eous) (cause -ly -ness). Total KJV Occurrences: 118 • cause, 1 Psalm 35:27 • even, 1 Job 31:6 • just, 12 Leviticus 19:36(4); Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 16:20(2); Deuteronomy 25:15(2); Ezekiel 45:10(3) • justice, 10 Job 8:3; Psalm 89:14; Psalm 119:121; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 8:15; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 59:4; Jeremiah 31:23; Jeremiah 50:7 • right, 3 Psalm 9:4; Psalm 17:1; Psalm 119:75 • righteous, 8 Psalm 119:7; Psalm 119:62; Psalm 119:106; Psalm 119:138; Psalm 119:160; Psalm 119:164; Proverbs 16:13; Isaiah 41:2 • righteously, 3 Deuteronomy 1:16; Proverbs 31:9; Jeremiah 11:20 • righteousness, 71 Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 33:19; Job 6:29; Job 8:6; Job 29:14; Job 35:2; Job 36:3; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 4:5; Psalm 7:8; Psalm 7:17; Psalm 9:8; Psalm 15:2; Psalm 17:15; Psalm 18:20; Psalm 18:24; Psalm 23:3; Psalm 35:24; Psalm 35:28; Psalm 37:6; Psalm 40:9; Psalm 45:4; Psalm 45:7; Psalm 48:10; Psalm 50:6; Psalm 51:19; Psalm 52:3; Psalm 58:1; Psalm 65:5; Psalm 72:2; Psalm 85:10; Psalm 85:11; Psalm 85:13; Psalm 94:15; Psalm 96:13; Psalm 97:2; Psalm 97:6; Psalm 98:9; Psalm 118:19; Psalm 119:123; Psalm 119:142; Psalm 119:144; Psalm 119:172; Psalm 132:9; Proverbs 2:9; Proverbs 8:8; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 25:5; Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Isaiah 1:21; Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 11:5; Isaiah 16:5; Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 26:10; Isaiah 32:1; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 45:19; Isaiah 51:1; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 51:7; Isaiah 58:8; Isaiah 61:3; Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 62:2; Isaiah 64:5 • RIGHTEOUSNESS, 1 Jeremiah 23:6 • righteousness, 6 Jeremiah 33:16; Ezekiel 3:20; Daniel 9:24; Hosea 2:19; Hosea 10:12; Zephaniah 2:3 • sake, 1 Isaiah 42:21 • unrighteousness, 1 Jeremiah 22:13 """