H6663 צָדַק
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 41 KJV occurrences
צָדַק
tsâdaq · tsaw-dak'
Definition
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
KJV Renderings
cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 41)
- Genesis 38:26And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
- 1 Kings 8:32Then 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.
- Job 9:20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
- Job 22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- Job 33:32If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
- Psalms 51:4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
- Isaiah 43:9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
- Jeremiah 3:11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.