Strong's Number 6664

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

tsedeq {tseh'-dek}

Word Origin:

from 6663

TWOT:

1879a

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Usage in the KJV:

righteousness 77, just 11, justice 10, righteous 8, righteously 3, right 3, righteous cause 1, unrighteousness 1, misc 2

Total: 116

Definition:

justice, rightness, righteousness
1. what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
2. righteousness (in government)
  1. of judges, rulers, kings
  2. of law
  3. of Davidic king, Messiah
  4. of Jerusalem as seat of just government
  5. of God's attribute
3. righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
4. rightness (in speech)
5. righteousness (as ethically right)
6. righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity
  1. of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
  2. in name of Messianic king
  3. of people enjoying salvation
  4. of Cyrus