Lexical Definition

‎צֶדֶק‎ tsedeq (tseh'-dek) righteousness ^H:N-M
from ‎צָדַק‎

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

• the right (natural, moral or legal)
• also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity

1) justice, rightness, righteousness
1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
1b) righteousness (in government)
1b1) of judges, rulers, kings
1b2) of law
1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah
1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government
1b5) of God's attribute
1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
1d) rightness (in speech)
1e) righteousness (as ethically right)
1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity
1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
1f2) in name of Messianic king
1f3) of people enjoying salvation
1f4) of Cyrus

See Greek: δίκαιος · δικαιοσύνη · δικαιόω · δικαίως · κρίσις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צֶ֫דֶק‎ noun masculine^{Isa 1:21} rightness, righteousness; — ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Lev 19:36 + 87 t.; ‎צִדְקִי‎ Isa 41:10 + 8 t., etc.; —

1. what is right, just, normal; rightness, justness, of weights and measures, ‎אֵיפָה‎, ‎אֶבֶן‎ ‎שְׁלֵמָה וָצֶדֶק‎ Deut 25:15 a perfect and a just weight, ephah; ‎׳‎‎מאֹזְנֵי צ‎; ‎׳‎‎אַבְנֵי צ‎, ‎׳‎‎אֵיפַת צ‎, ‎׳‎‎הִין צ‎, ‎׳‎‎בַּת צ‎ Lev 19:36 (H) Job 31:6; Ezek 45:10 ‎׳‎‎מַעְגְּלֵי צ‎ right paths Ps 23:3 ‎׳‎‎זִבְחֵי צ‎ right peace-offerings Deut 33:19; Ps 4:6*; Ps 51:21*.

2. righteousness, in government:
a. of judges, rulers, kings, ‎׳‎‎שׁפט בצ‎ Lev 19:15(H); ‎׳‎‎שׁפט צ‎ Deut 1:16; Prov 31:9 ‎׳‎‎משׁפט צ‎ Deut 16:18 ‎׳‎‎רדף צ‎ vDeut 16:20 ‎׳‎‎חוֺקֵק צ‎ Prov 8:15 ‎׳‎‎מלך לצ‎ Isa 32:1 ‎׳‎‎דבּר צ‎ Ps 58:2* also Prov 25:5; Ps 94:15; Eccl 5:7*.
b. of law, as ‎מִשְׁפָּטִים‎ Isa 58:2; Ps 119:7; Ps 119:62; Ps 119:75; Ps 119:106; Ps 119:160 (ᵐ5, but ᵑ0 ‎מִשְׁפַּט‎), vPs 119:164 as ‎עֵדוֺת‎ vPs 119:138 vPs 119:144 as ‎מִצְוֺר‎ vPs 119:172.
c. of Davidic king, Messiah Isa 11:4; Isa 11:5; Isa 16:5; Ps 45:5*, ‎׳‎‎דין דצ‎ Ps 72:2.
d. of Jerusalem, as seat of just government, ‎עִיר הַצֶּדֶק‎ Isa 1:26 city of righteousness; ‎׳‎‎נְוֵה צ‎ Jer 31:23; Jer 50:7 (possibly these reflect an original god ‎צֶדֶק‎, see ‎מַלְכִּי צֶדֶק‎); ‎יָלִין בָּהּ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 1:21 righteousness used to lodge in her; compare ‎׳‎‎מְקוֺם הצ‎ Eccl 3:16 the place of righteousness.
e. of God's attribute as sovereign Job 36:3, husband of Israel Hos 2:21* ‎׳‎‎צ‎ his personified agent Ps 85:11*; Ps 85:12*; Ps 85:14*, foundation of his throne Ps 89:15* = Ps 97:2 in his government Ps 9:9*; Ps 65:6*; Ps 96:13 = Ps 98:9, promise Isa 45:19, administration of justice Job 8:3; Jer 11:20; Ps 7:18*; Ps 48:11*; Ps 50:6 = Ps 97:6, vindication of his people Ps 9:5*; Ps 35:24; Ps 35:28 raising up Cyrus Isa 45:13, calling his servant Isa 42:6 ‎אֱלֹהֵי צִדְקִי‎ Ps 4:2* God of my righteousness (who vindicates me); his ‎׳‎‎צ‎ is everlasting Ps 119:142.

3. righteousness, justice, in a case or cause Job 6:29; Job 8:6; Job 29:14; Ps 35:27; Isa 59:4 God ‎׳‎‎שׁפט כצ‎ Ps 7:9* judges according to righteousness; ‎׳‎‎גמל כצ‎ Ps 18:21* ‎׳‎‎השׁיב כצ‎ vPs 18:25* ‎׳‎‎שׁמע צ‎ Ps 17:1 ‎׳‎‎הוציא צ‎ Ps 37:6.

4. rightness, in speech, ‎׳‎‎דבּר צ‎ Ps 52:5* (opposed to ‎שֶׁקֶר‎); ‎׳‎‎יַגִּיד צ‎ Prov 12:17 ‎כל אמרי פי‎ ‎׳‎‎בצ‎ Prov 8:8 ‎׳‎‎שִׂפְתֵי צ‎ Prov 16:13.

5. righteousness, as ethically right Job 35:2; Ps 17:15; Ps 45:8*; Prov 1:3; Prov 2:9; Eccl 7:15; Jer 22:13; Ezek 3:20; Hos 10:12 (read ‎׳‎‎פְּרִי צ‎, so ᵐ5 We Now); ‎עלמים‎‎׳‎‎צ‎ Dan 9:24 ‎׳‎‎עשׂה צ‎ Isa 64:4*; Ps 119:121 ‎׳‎‎פעל צ‎ Ps 15:2 ‎׳‎‎למד צ‎ Isa 26:6; Isa 26:10 ‎׳‎‎בקּשׁ צ‎ Zeph 2:3 ‎׳‎‎רדף צ‎ Isa 51:1 ‎׳‎‎ידע צ‎ vIsa 51:7.

6. righteousness as vindicated, justification in controversy with enemies and troubles, deliverance, victory, prosperity:
a. of God as covenant-keeping, in redemption, ‎בִּימִין‎ ‎צִדְקִי‎ Isa 41:10, || ‎יֵשַׁע‎ Isa 45:8; Isa 51:5, compare Isa 42:21 ‎׳‎‎בשּׂר צ‎ Ps 40:10* ‎׳‎‎אִמְרַת צ‎ Ps 119:123.
b. in name ‎יהוה צִדְקֵנוּ‎, of Messianic king (vindicating people's cause and giving victory) Jer 23:6 of city Jer 33:16.
c. of people as enjoying ‎׳‎‎צ‎ of salvation, || ‎יְשׁוּעָה‎ Isa 62:1 || ‎כָּבוֺד‎ Isa 58:8; Isa 62:2 ‎׳‎‎כהנים יִלְבְּשׁוּ צ‎ Ps 132:9 ‎׳‎‎שַׁעֲרֵי צ‎ Ps 118:19 ‎׳‎‎אֵילֵי הצ‎ Isa 61:3.
d. of Cyrus, ‎יִקְרָאֵהוּ לְרַגְלוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 41:2 (who) in victory calleth him at every step (Che^Hpt on whose steps attends victory, so Di Du).

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