Tsaddiq means “just” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6662 צַּדִּיק (tsaddiyq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') adj. 1. just [from H6663] It has 197 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include righteous and just. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') adj. 1. just [from H6663] KJV: just, lawful, righteous (man). Root(s): H6663
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righteous
Usage: 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
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197 indexed usages in Old Testament.
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6662.
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
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Tsaddiq (Strong's H6662) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "just". tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') adj. 1. just [from H6663]
This page currently indexes 197 linked usages for Strong's H6662 across 25 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6662 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as righteous and just. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.