צֶדֶק

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

from H6663 (צָדַק);

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.justice, rightness, righteousness
• 2.what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
• 3.righteousness (in government)
• 4.righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
• 5.rightness (in speech)
• 6.righteousness (as ethically right)
• 7.righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: tsedeq; Pronunciation: tseh'-dek