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Strong's H6659 צָדוֹק (tsadoq)

Tsadoq means “Zadok” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6659
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 50
Books 8

Strong's H6659 Quick Answer

Strong's H6659 צָּדוֹק (Tsadowq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Tsadowq (tsaw-doke') n/p. 1. just 2. Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites It has 50 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include zadok, name, and zadok's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Tsadowq (tsaw-doke') n/p. 1. just 2. Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites
Usage
50 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
zadok, name, and zadok's

Meaning and Definition

Tsadowq (tsaw-doke') n/p. 1. just 2. Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites [from H6663] KJV: Zadok. Root(s): H6663

Original Word
צָּדוֹק
Transliteration
Tsadowq
Derivation
Root: צדק First root strongs: 6663
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6659. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Zadok

Usage: A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.17; son of: Ahitub (H0285H); father of: Ahimaaz (H0290H) § Zadok = "righteous" 1) the high priest, son of Ahitub of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and 11th in descent from Aaron; joined David after Saul's death and supported him against Absalom and Adonijah; anointed Solomon as king 2) a priest, son of Meraioth, father of Meshullam of the house of Ahitub;

apparently a nephew of 1 3) father of Jerusha, the wife of king Uzziah and mother of king Jotham of Judah 4) son of Baana and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 5) son of Immer and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 6) a leader of the people in the time of Nehemiah 7) a scribe appointed by Nehemiah as one of the treasurers over the storehouse 8) a valiant warrior of the tribe of Benjamin who joined David at Hebron. Same as 1?

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How Strong's H6659 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Tsadowq, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Zadok 2 Samuel 8:17 47× name 2 Kings 15:33 Zadok's 2 Samuel 15:36

How Strong's H6659 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 50 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6659 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6659 in the Old Testament

50 indexed usages in Old Testament.

2 Samuel 8:17 KJV

And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

2 Samuel 15:24 KJV

And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

2 Samuel 15:25 KJV

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

Usage Excerpts

First 50 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6659.

2 Samuel 8:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
2 Samuel 15:24 Old Testament, KJV
And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
2 Samuel 15:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
2 Samuel 15:27 Old Testament, KJV
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
2 Samuel 15:29 Old Testament, KJV
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
2 Samuel 15:35 Old Testament, KJV
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
2 Samuel 15:36 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
2 Samuel 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
2 Samuel 18:19 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
2 Samuel 18:22 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
2 Samuel 18:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
2 Samuel 19:11 Old Testament, KJV
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
2 Samuel 20:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
1 Kings 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:26 Old Testament, KJV
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
1 Kings 1:32 Old Testament, KJV
And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
1 Kings 1:34 Old Testament, KJV
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings 1:38 Old Testament, KJV
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1 Kings 1:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings 1:44 Old Testament, KJV
And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
1 Kings 1:45 Old Testament, KJV
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
1 Kings 2:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
1 Kings 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
1 Kings 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
2 Kings 15:33 Old Testament, KJV
Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
1 Chronicles 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
1 Chronicles 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
1 Chronicles 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
1 Chronicles 12:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
1 Chronicles 15:11 Old Testament, KJV
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
1 Chronicles 16:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
1 Chronicles 18:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
1 Chronicles 24:3 Old Testament, KJV
And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
1 Chronicles 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:31 Old Testament, KJV
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
1 Chronicles 27:17 Old Testament, KJV
Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
1 Chronicles 29:22 Old Testament, KJV
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
2 Chronicles 27:1 Old Testament, KJV
Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
2 Chronicles 31:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
Ezra 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
Nehemiah 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
Nehemiah 3:29 Old Testament, KJV
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
Nehemiah 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
Nehemiah 13:13 Old Testament, KJV
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
Ezekiel 40:46 Old Testament, KJV
And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
Ezekiel 43:19 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
Ezekiel 44:15 Old Testament, KJV
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
Ezekiel 48:11 Old Testament, KJV
It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6659, grouped by book.

2 Samuel 13 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 11 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 13 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H6659 FAQ

What does tsadoq (צָדוֹק) mean?

Tsadoq (Strong's H6659) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Zadok". Tsadowq (tsaw-doke') n/p. 1. just 2. Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites

How many times is tsadoq (צָדוֹק) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 50 linked usages for Strong's H6659 across 8 books.

Where can I study tsadoq (צָדוֹק) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6659 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tsadoq (צָדוֹק)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as zadok, name, and zadok's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.