צַדִּיק
tsad.diq
righteous
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the data provided, the Hebrew word "צַדִּיק" (tsad.diq) translates to "righteous." This word occurs 206 times in the Bible, demonstrating its significant presence in the text. The word "righteous" is likely associated with the idea of being just, virtuous, or morally upright. Its inclusion in the semantic domain of "Sin & Righteousness" reinforces this interpretation. This word is likely used to describe someone who lives according to a high moral standard and is often contrasted with the idea of sin or injustice. The frequent appearance of this word in the Bible underscores its importance in the text. It may be used to describe both individuals and God Himself, highlighting the significance of righteousness in both human relationships and divine character.
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Occurrences in Scripture
206 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.
Ezra 9:15Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for no one can stand before you because of this.”
Nehemiah 9:33However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.
Job 12:4I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
Job 17:9Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
Job 22:19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
Job 27:17he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 34:17Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?—
Job 36:7He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
Psalms 1:5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Psalms 1:6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 5:12For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.
Psalms 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
Psalms 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
Psalms 7:11God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
Psalms 11:3If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Psalms 11:5Yahweh examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.
Psalms 11:7For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.
Psalms 14:5There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
Psalms 32:11Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
Psalms 33:1Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
Psalms 34:15Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Psalms 34:21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Psalms 37:12The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
Psalms 37:16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
Psalms 37:17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.
Psalms 37:21The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.
Psalms 37:25I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
Psalms 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
Psalms 37:32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to kill him.
Psalms 37:39But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
Psalms 52:6The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
Psalms 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
Psalms 64:10The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!
Psalms 68:3But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
Psalms 69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
Psalms 72:7In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
Psalms 75:10I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Psalms 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms 97:12Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.
Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Psalms 112:6For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.