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ṣedeq צֶ֫דֶק ‘righteousness’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ṣādēq צָדֵק ‘to justify’
Roots: צדק

ṣedeq n, m
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

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 19:36, 19:15 Deuteronomy 25:15, 1:16, 16:18, 16:20, 33:19 Isaiah 61:3, 42:21, 16:5, 26:9, 59:4, 42:6, 58:8, 11:5, 1:26, 51:5, 1:21, 41:10, 51:7, 51:1, 58:2, 45:13, 45:19, 45:8, 11:4, 26:10, 62:2, 64:4, 62:1, 41:2, 32:1 Jeremiah 50:7, 11:20, 31:23, 23:6, 33:16, 22:13 Ezekiel 45:10, 3:20 Hosea 2:21, 10:12 Zephaniah 2:3 Psalms 58:2, 45:8, 52:5, 37:6, 51:21, 17:1, 94:15, 35:24, 4:6, 4:2, 48:11, 50:6, 65:6, 96:13, 119:75, 119:138, 35:27, 119:123, 119:172, 15:2, 45:5, 85:11, 85:12, 89:15, 119:142, 119:160, 17:15, 98:9, 40:10, 118:19, 119:144, 119:121, 18:21, 18:25, 7:9, 9:9, 72:2, 9:5, 85:14, 35:28, 119:164, 7:18, 132:9, 119:62, 119:7, 97:6, 97:2, 23:3, 119:106 Proverbs 31:9, 16:13, 2:9, 8:8, 12:17, 25:5, 8:15, 1:3 Job 6:29, 8:3, 35:2, 31:6, 8:6, 36:3, 29:14 Ecclesiastes 7:15, 5:7, 3:16 Daniel 9:24

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