# צָדַק (tsadaq)

Israeli respelling: tsa-daq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6663. 40 Old Testament occurrences.

to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)

King James renderings: cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tsadaq-h6663

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 38:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/26) — And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her a…
- [Genesis 44:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/16) — And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of th…
- [Exodus 23:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/7) — Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- [Deuteronomy 25:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/25/1) — If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous,…
- [2 Samuel 15:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/4) — Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would d…
- [1 Kings 8:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/32) — Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteo…
- [2 Chronicles 6:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/6/23) — Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by just…
- [Job 4:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/4/17) — Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
- [Job 9:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/2) — I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
- [Job 9:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/15) — Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
- [Job 9:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/20) — If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
- [Job 10:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/15) — If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine afflict…
- [Job 11:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/11/2) — Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
- [Job 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/13/18) — Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
- [Job 15:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/15/14) — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- [Job 22:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/3) — Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- [Job 25:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/25/4) — How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
- [Job 27:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/27/5) — God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
- [Job 32:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/2) — Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he ju…
- [Job 33:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/12) — Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
- [Job 33:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/32) — If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
- [Job 34:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/34/5) — For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
- [Job 35:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/35/7) — If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
- [Job 40:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/40/8) — Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
- [Psalms 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/9) — The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
- [Psalms 51:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/51/4) — Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear w…
- [Psalms 82:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/82/3) — Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
- [Psalms 143:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/143/2) — And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
- [Proverbs 17:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/17/15) — He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
- [Isaiah 5:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/23) — Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- [Isaiah 43:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/43/9) — Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let…
- [Isaiah 43:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/43/26) — Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
- [Isaiah 45:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/45/25) — In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
- [Isaiah 50:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/50/8) — He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
- [Isaiah 53:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/53/11) — He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bea…
- [Jeremiah 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/11) — And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
- [Ezekiel 16:51](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/51) — Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters…
- [Ezekiel 16:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/52) — Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are mo…
- [Daniel 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/8/14) — And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
- [Daniel 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/12/3) — And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ev…