Transliteration: tsedeq

Phonetic: tseh'-dek

BDB Definition:

1. justice, rightness, righteousness
   1. what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
   2. righteousness (in government)
      1. of judges, rulers, kings
      2. of law
      3. of Davidic king, Messiah
      4. of Jerusalem as seat of just government
      5. of God's attribute
   3. righteousness, justice (in case or cause)
   4. rightness (in speech)
   5. righteousness (as ethically right)
   6. righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity
      1. of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
      2. in name of Messianic king
      3. of people enjoying salvation
      4. of Cyrus

Origin: from H6663" class="dictionary-topic-link">H6663

TWOT entry: 1879a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine