{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6663",
  "lemma": "צָדַק",
  "transliteration": "tsâdaq",
  "definition": "to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)",
  "kjv": "cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).",
  "occurrences": 41,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:26",
      "text": "Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 44:16",
      "text": "Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 23:7",
      "text": "“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 25:1",
      "text": "If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 15:4",
      "text": "Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 8:32",
      "text": "then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/8?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 5:23",
      "text": "who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 43:9",
      "text": "Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/43?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 43:26",
      "text": "Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/43?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 45:25",
      "text": "All the offspring of Israel will be justified in the LORD, and will rejoice!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/45?v=25"
    }
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