צָדֵק

tsa.daq
to justify
Strong’s H6663Verb41 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

i am righteous3
vindicate2
will he be righteous2
you may be justified2
they are righteous2
she is righteous1
will we justify ourselves1
i will declare righteous1

In the text

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[צָדֵק, צָדֹק] vb. denom. be just, righteous
Qal
1. have a just cause, be in the right
2. be justified
3. be just
4. be just, righteous
Niph. the holy place shall be put right
Pi. justify
Hiph.
1. do justice
2. declare righteous, justify
3. justify, vindicate the cause of, save
4. make righteous, turn to righteousness
Hithp. how shall we justify ourselves

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.