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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6664

צֶדֶק

tsedeqtseh'-dek

righteousness

119 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6664is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 52
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6664

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

The King James renders it: [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

tsedeq is rendered "righteousness". It stands 119 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Forty-nine of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
  • The Greek text spells it fifty-two different ways.

The first use

You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Leviticus 19:15בְּצֶ֖דֶק

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Forty-nine of the word's 119 uses are in Psalms.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • righteousness62
  • righteousness your10
  • in righteousness9
  • righteousness my6
  • and righteousness5
  • with righteousness4
  • according to righteousness my3
  • of righteousness3
  • righteousness his3
  • the righteousness3
  • righteousness our2
  • according to righteousness his1

and 8 more, 119 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 119, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

52 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • צֶ֑דֶק11
  • צֶ֖דֶק10
  • צֶ֣דֶק9
  • צֶ֔דֶק9
  • צֶֽדֶק׃7
  • צִדְקֶֽךָ׃7
  • צֶ֭דֶק4
  • צֶ֥דֶק4
  • בְּצֶ֑דֶק3
  • צֶ֛דֶק3
  • צִדְק֑וֹ3
  • בְצֶ֔דֶק2

and 40 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular63HNcmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular14HR/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular10HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular6HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular5HC/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural2HNcmsc/Sp1bp
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2fs

Leviticus

five uses
  • You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

    Leviticus 19:15

    • בְּצֶ֖דֶקbetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

    Leviticus 19:36

    • צֶ֣דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
    • צֶ֗דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
    • צֶ֛דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness

Deuteronomy

seven uses
  • At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

    Deuteronomy 1:16

    • צֶ֔דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

    Deuteronomy 16:18

    • צֶֽדֶק׃tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

    Deuteronomy 16:20

    • צֶ֥דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

    Deuteronomy 25:15

    • וָצֶ֙דֶק֙vatzedekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and righteousness
    • וָצֶ֖דֶקvatzedekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

    Deuteronomy 33:19

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness

Job

seven uses
  • Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

    Job 6:29

    • צִדְקִי־tzidki-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: righteousness my
  • Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

    Job 8:3

    • צֶֽדֶק׃tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

    Job 8:6

    • צִדְקֶֽךָ׃tzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

    Job 29:14

    • צֶ֣דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

    Job 31:6

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

    Job 35:2

    • צִדְקִ֥יtzidkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: righteousness my
  • I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

    Job 36:3

    • צֶֽדֶק׃tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness

Psalms

forty-nine uses
  • Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

    Psalms 4:1

    • צִדְקִ֗יtzidkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: righteousness my
  • Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.

    Psalms 4:5

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.

    Psalms 7:8

    • כְּצִדְקִ֖יketzidkipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: according to righteousness my
  • I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

    Psalms 7:17

    • כְּצִדְק֑וֹketzidkopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to righteousness his
  • For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

    Psalms 9:4

    • צֶֽדֶק׃tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

    Psalms 9:8

    • בְּצֶ֑דֶקbetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with righteousness
  • He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

    Psalms 15:2

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.

    Psalms 17:1

    • צֶ֗דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

    Psalms 17:15

    • בְּ֭צֶדֶקbetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

    Psalms 18:20

    • כְּצִדְקִ֑יketzidkipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: according to righteousness my
  • So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

    Psalms 18:24

    • כְצִדְקִ֑יkhetzidkipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: according to righteousness my
  • He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

    Psalms 23:3

    • צֶ֝֗דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

    Psalms 35:24

    • כְ֭צִדְקְךָkhetzidkekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: according to righteousness your
  • May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

    Psalms 35:27

    • צִ֫דְקִ֥יtzidkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: righteousness my
  • Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.

    Psalms 35:28

    • צִדְקֶ֑ךָtzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

    Psalms 37:6

    • צִדְקֶ֑ךָtzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

    Psalms 40:9

    • צֶ֨דֶק׀tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

    Psalms 45:4

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

    Psalms 45:7

    • צֶּדֶק֮tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

    Psalms 48:10

    • צֶ֝֗דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

    Psalms 50:6

    • צִדְק֑וֹtzidkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness his
  • Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

    Psalms 51:19

    • צֶ֭דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

    Psalms 52:3

    • צֶ֣דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

    Psalms 58:1

    • צֶ֭דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

    Psalms 65:5

    • בְּצֶ֣דֶקbetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

    Psalms 72:2

    • בְצֶ֑דֶקvetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with righteousness
  • Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

    Psalms 85:10

    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

    Psalms 85:11

    • וְ֝צֶ֗דֶקvetzedekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.

    Psalms 85:13

    • צֶ֭דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

    Psalms 89:14

    • צֶ֣דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

    Psalms 94:15

    • צֶ֭דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

    Psalms 96:13

    • בְּצֶ֑דֶקbetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

    Psalms 97:2

    • צֶ֥דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.

    Psalms 97:6

    • צִדְק֑וֹtzidkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness his
  • before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

    Psalms 98:9

    • בְּצֶ֑דֶקbetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with righteousness
  • Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

    Psalms 118:19

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.

    Psalms 119:7

    • צִדְקֶֽךָ׃tzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.

    Psalms 119:62

    • צִדְקֶֽךָ׃tzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

    Psalms 119:75

    • צֶ֣דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

    Psalms 119:106

    • צִדְקֶֽךָ׃tzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.

    Psalms 119:121

    • וָצֶ֑דֶקvatzedekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

    Psalms 119:123

    • צִדְקֶֽךָ׃tzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.

    Psalms 119:138

    • צֶ֣דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousness
  • Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

    Psalms 119:142

    • צֶ֣דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

    Psalms 119:144

    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousness
  • The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

    Psalms 119:160

    • צִדְקֶֽךָ׃tzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness of your
  • Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.

    Psalms 119:164

    • צִדְקֶֽךָ׃tzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

    Psalms 119:172

    • צֶּֽדֶק׃tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

    Psalms 132:9

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness

Proverbs

nine uses
  • and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

    Proverbs 1:3

    • צֶ֥דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

    Proverbs 2:9

    • צֶ֣דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.

    Proverbs 8:8

    • בְּצֶ֥דֶקbetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;

    Proverbs 8:15

    • צֶֽדֶק׃tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.

    Proverbs 8:16

    • צֶֽדֶק׃tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

    Proverbs 12:17

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

    Proverbs 16:13

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

    Proverbs 25:5

    • בַּצֶּ֣דֶקbatzedekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the righteousness
  • Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

    Proverbs 31:9

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness

Ecclesiastes

three uses
  • Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

    Ecclesiastes 3:16

    • הַצֶּ֖דֶקhatzedekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the righteousness
  • If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

    Ecclesiastes 5:8

    • וָצֶ֙דֶק֙vatzedekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

    Ecclesiastes 7:15

    • בְּצִדְק֔וֹbetzidkopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness his

Isaiah

twenty-five uses
  • See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

    Isaiah 1:21

    • צֶ֛דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

    Isaiah 1:26

    • הַצֶּ֔דֶקhatzedekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the righteousness
  • but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

    Isaiah 11:4

    • בְּצֶ֙דֶק֙betzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with righteousness
  • Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

    Isaiah 11:5

    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

    Isaiah 16:5

    • צֶֽדֶק׃tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

    Isaiah 26:9

    • צֶ֥דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.

    Isaiah 26:10

    • צֶ֔דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

    Isaiah 32:1

    • לְצֶ֖דֶקletzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for righteousness
  • Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

    Isaiah 41:2

    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

    Isaiah 41:10

    • צִדְקִֽי׃tzidkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: righteousness my
  • “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

    Isaiah 42:6

    • בְצֶ֖דֶקvetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

    Isaiah 42:21

    • צִדְק֑וֹtzidkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness his
  • Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

    Isaiah 45:8

    • צֶ֑דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”

    Isaiah 45:13

    • בְצֶ֔דֶקvetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

    Isaiah 45:19

    • צֶ֔דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

    Isaiah 51:1

    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: of righteousness
  • My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

    Isaiah 51:5

    • צִדְקִי֙tzidkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: righteousness my
  • Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

    Isaiah 51:7

    • צֶ֔דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: of righteousness
  • For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

    Isaiah 58:2

    • צֶ֔דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

    Isaiah 58:8

    • צִדְקֶ֔ךָtzidkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

    Isaiah 59:4

    • בְצֶ֔דֶקvetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

    Isaiah 61:3

    • הַצֶּ֔דֶקhatzedekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the righteousness
  • For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

    Isaiah 62:1

    • צִדְקָ֔הּtzidkahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: righteousness its
  • Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.

    Isaiah 62:2

    • צִדְקֵ֔ךְtzidkekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

    Isaiah 64:5

    • צֶ֔דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: of righteousness

Jeremiah

six uses
  • O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

    Jeremiah 11:20

    • צֶ֔דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

    Jeremiah 22:13

    • צֶ֔דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

    Jeremiah 23:6

    • צִדְקֵֽנוּ׃ סtzidkenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: righteousness our
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’

    Jeremiah 31:23

    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
  • In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

    Jeremiah 33:16

    • צִדְקֵֽנוּ׃ סtzidkenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: righteousness our
  • All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

    Jeremiah 50:7

    • צֶ֔דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness

Ezekiel

four uses
  • Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.

    Ezekiel 3:20

    • מִצִּדְקוֹ֙mitzidkopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from righteousness his
  • You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.

    Ezekiel 45:10

    • צֶ֧דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
    • צֶ֛דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness
    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness

Daniel

one use
  • Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

    Daniel 9:24

    • צֶ֣דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousness of

Hosea

two uses
  • So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.

    Hosea 2:19

    • בְּצֶ֣דֶקbetzedekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

    Hosea 10:12

    • צֶ֖דֶקtzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness

Zephaniah

one use
  • Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

    Zephaniah 2:3

    • צֶ֙דֶק֙tzedeknoun · masculine singulartagged: righteousness

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Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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