Etymology?:
from ṣādēq צָדֵק ‘to justify’
Roots:
צדק
ṣaddīq adj
1) just, lawful, righteous
1a) just, righteous (in government)
1b) just, right (in one's cause)
1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character)
1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)
1e) right, correct, lawful
Mentioned in Genesis 20:4, 18:23, 18:24, 18:28, 7:1, 6:9, 18:26, 18:25 Exodus 9:27, 23:7, 23:8 Deuteronomy 32:4, 25:1, 4:8, 16:19 1 Samuel 24:18 2 Samuel 23:3, 4:11 1 Kings 2:32, 8:32 2 Kings 10:9 Isaiah 57:1, 29:21, 24:16, 45:21, 41:26, 3:10, 49:24, 26:2, 26:7, 60:21, 53:11, 5:23 Jeremiah 12:1, 20:12, 23:5 Ezekiel 18:20, 33:12, 21:8, 18:9, 18:5, 23:45, 21:9, 33:13, 13:22, 3:20, 18:24, 18:26, 3:21, 33:18 Hosea 14:10 Amos 2:6, 5:12 Habakkuk 1:13, 2:4, 1:4 Zephaniah 3:5 Zechariah 9:9 Malachi 3:18 Psalms 1:6, 58:12, 11:5, 11:7, 146:8, 118:15, 97:11, 112:4, 34:16, 140:14, 69:29, 141:5, 7:12, 7:10, 14:5, 68:4, 116:5, 31:19, 92:13, 37:29, 34:22, 142:8, 5:13, 119:137, 118:20, 72:7, 37:25, 37:32, 94:21, 75:11, 125:3, 32:11, 37:30, 58:11, 145:17, 55:23, 112:6, 64:11, 37:16, 11:3, 97:12, 37:12, 37:17, 1:5, 37:21, 33:1, 34:20, 37:39, 129:4, 52:8 Proverbs 23:24, 10:28, 11:10, 28:28, 12:3, 28:12, 21:26, 10:21, 12:21, 21:15, 4:18, 13:9, 20:7, 10:25, 12:7, 28:1, 29:6, 29:27, 11:23, 12:10, 13:25, 24:15, 24:24, 29:2, 11:31, 2:20, 10:30, 13:21, 13:5, 21:18, 10:24, 11:8, 18:17, 10:20, 11:28, 29:7, 3:33, 15:6, 21:12, 13:22, 10:6, 10:7, 17:15, 17:26, 14:32, 11:9, 12:26, 15:28, 10:3, 11:21, 10:16, 10:11, 11:30, 9:9, 10:31, 12:12, 14:19, 18:5, 10:32, 15:29, 18:10, 12:13, 24:16, 25:26, 12:5, 29:16 Job 17:9, 32:1, 12:4, 34:17, 36:7, 27:17, 22:19 Lamentations 1:18, 4:13 Ecclesiastes 7:15, 7:20, 9:1, 9:2, 7:16, 8:14, 3:17 Daniel 9:14 Ezra 9:15 Nehemiah 9:8, 9:33 2 Chronicles 12:6, 6:23