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Tsedeq (Strong’s H6664): Meaning in the Bible

Tsedeq (צֶדֶק) is the Hebrew word numbered H6664 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity. In the King James Bible it is translated (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness)..

צֶדֶק
tsedeq · Hebrew
Strong’s H6664 · tseh'-dek

The full Strong’s definition

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

Derivation. from H6663;

How the King James Bible translates it

× even, (× that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness). (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

And Christ

Righteousness in the Hebrew Scriptures is God setting things right and keeping faith. Christians believe this rightness is given to us as a gift in Christ, who is himself our righteousness.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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