Know the Word.

Hebrew word

tsâdaq

tsaw-dak'

צָדַק

What it means

to be right

to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • righteous8
  • justified8
  • justify6
  • just3
  • justice2
  • justifying2
  • justifieth2
  • ourselves1

Every place it appears 33

Genesis38:2644:16
Exodus23:7
Deuteronomy25:1
2 Samuel15:4
1 Kings8:32
2 Chronicles6:23
Proverbs17:15
Jeremiah3:11
Ezekiel16:5116:52
Daniel12:3