- Original: צדק - Transliteration: Tsadaq - Phonetic: tsaw-dak' - Definition: 1. to be just, be righteous a. (Qal) 1. to have a just cause, be in the right 2. to be justified 3. to be just (of God) 4. to be just, be righteous (in conduct and character) b. (Niphal) to be put or made right, be justified c. (Piel) justify, make to appear righteous, make someone righteous d. (Hiphil) 1. to do or bring justice (in administering law) 2. to declare righteous, justify 3. to justify, vindicate the cause of, save 4. to make righteous, turn to righteousness e. (Hithpael) to justify oneself - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1879 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to be (causatively make) right (in a moral or forensic sense): - cleanse clear self (be do) just (-ice -ify -ify self) (be turn to) righteous (-ness). Total KJV Occurrences: 41 • cleansed, 1 Daniel 8:14 • God, 1 Job 4:17 • just, 2 Job 9:2; Job 33:12 • justice, 2 2 Samuel 15:4; Psalm 82:3 • justified, 12 Job 11:2; Job 13:18; Job 25:4; Job 32:2; Psalm 51:4; Psalm 143:2; Isaiah 43:9; Isaiah 43:26; Isaiah 45:25; Jeremiah 3:11; Ezekiel 16:51; Ezekiel 16:52 • justifieth, 2 Proverbs 17:15; Isaiah 50:8 • justify, 7 Exodus 23:7; Deuteronomy 25:1; Job 9:20; Job 27:5; Job 33:32; Isaiah 5:23; Isaiah 53:11 • justifying, 2 1 Kings 8:32; 2 Chronicles 6:23 • ourselves, 1 Genesis 44:16 • righteous, 10 Genesis 38:26; Job 9:15; Job 10:15; Job 15:14; Job 22:3; Job 34:5; Job 35:7; Job 40:8; Psalm 19:9; Ezekiel 16:52 • righteousness, 1 Daniel 12:3