1) to be just, be righteous 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to have a just cause, be in the right 1a2) to be justified 1a3) to be just (of God) 1a4) to be just, be righteous (in conduct and character) 1b) (Niphal) to be put or made right, be justified 1c) (Piel) justify, make to appear righteous, make someone righteous 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to do or bring justice (in administering law) 1d2) to declare righteous, justify 1d3) to justify, vindicate the cause of, save 1d4) to make righteous, turn to righteousness 1e) (Hithpael) to justify oneself
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H6663 — צָדֵק
tsa.daq · to justify · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 38:26 · צָֽדְקָ֣הJudah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.Genesis 44:16 · נִּצְטַדָּ֑קJudah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”Exodus 23:7 · אַצְדִּ֖יק“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.Deuteronomy 25:1 · וְהִצְדִּ֙יקוּ֙If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;2 Samuel 15:4 · וְהִצְדַּקְתִּֽיו׃Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”1 Kings 8:32 · וּלְהַצְדִּ֣יקthen hear in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.2 Chronicles 6:23 · וּלְהַצְדִּ֣יקthen hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.Job 4:17 · יִצְדָּ֑ק‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?Job 9:2 · יִּצְדַּ֖ק“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?Job 9:15 · צָ֭דַקְתִּיThough I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.Job 9:20 · אֶ֭צְדָּקThough I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.Job 10:15 · וְ֭צָדַקְתִּיIf I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.Job 11:2 · יִצְדָּֽק׃“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?Job 13:18 · אֶצְדָּֽק׃See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.Job 15:14 · יִ֝צְדַּ֗קWhat is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?Job 22:3 · תִצְדָּ֑קIs it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?Job 25:4 · יִּצְדַּ֣קHow then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?Job 27:5 · אַצְדִּ֪יקFar be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.Job 32:2 · צַדְּק֥וֹThen the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.Job 33:12 · צָדַ֣קְתָּ“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.Job 33:32 · צַדְּקֶֽךָּ׃If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.Job 34:5 · צָדַ֑קְתִּיFor Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right:Job 35:7 · צָ֭דַקְתָּIf you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?Job 40:8 · תִּצְדָּֽק׃Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?Psalm 19:9 · צָֽדְק֥וּThe fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.Psalm 51:4 · תִּצְדַּ֥קAgainst you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.Psalm 82:3 · הַצְדִּֽיקוּ׃“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.Psalm 143:2 · יִצְדַּ֖קDon’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.Proverbs 17:15 · מַצְדִּ֣יקHe who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.Isaiah 5:23 · מַצְדִּיקֵ֥יwho acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!Isaiah 43:9 · וְיִצְדָּ֔קוּLet all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, “That is true.”Isaiah 43:26 · תִּצְדָּֽק׃Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Set forth your case, that you may be justified.Isaiah 45:25 · יִצְדְּק֥וּIn Yahweh shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.Isaiah 50:8 · מַצְדִּיקִ֔יHe is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.Isaiah 53:11 · יַצְדִּ֥יקAfter the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.Jeremiah 3:11 · צִדְּקָ֥הYahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.Daniel 8:14 · וְנִצְדַּ֖קHe said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.Daniel 12:3 · וּמַצְדִּיקֵי֙Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.