צָדֵק
tsa.daq
“to justify”
Definition
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
a primitive root;
- to be just, be righteous 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to have a just cause, be in the right 1a2) to be justified 1a3) to be just (of God) 1a4) to be just, be righteous (in conduct and character) 1b) (Niphal) to be put or made right, be justified 1c) (Piel) justify, make to appear righteous, make someone righteous 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to do or bring justice (in administering law) 1d2) to declare righteous, justify 1d3) to justify, vindicate the cause of, save 1d4) to make righteous, turn to righteousness 1e) (Hithpael) to justify oneself
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
צָדֵק appears 38 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
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who acquit the guilty for a bribeand deprive the innocent of justice.
What is man, that he should be pure,or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous,yet God has deprived me of justice.
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