Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
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And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Read in context →And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
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tsᵉdâqâh · tsed-aw-kaw'
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Strong's KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Strong's first: Genesis 15:6Strong's last: Malachi 4:2
Open full H6666 profile →dikaiosýnē · dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
Strong's KJV usage: :--righteousness.
Strong's first: Matthew 3:15Strong's last: Revelation 19:11
Open full G1343 profile →tsedeq · tseh'-dek
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
Strong's KJV usage: × even, (× that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
Strong's first: Leviticus 19:15Strong's last: Zephaniah 2:3
Open full H6664 profile →dikaíōma · dik-ah'-yo-mah
an equitable deed; by implication, a statute or decision
Strong's KJV usage: :--judgment, justification, ordinance, righteousness.
Strong's first: Romans 2:26Strong's last: Revelation 19:8
Open full G1345 profile →Yᵉhôvâh tsidqênûw · ye-ho-vaw' tsid-kay'-noo
Jehovah-Tsidkenu, a symbolical epithet of the Messiah and of Jerusalem
Strong's KJV usage: the Lord our righteousness.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 23:6Strong's last: Jeremiah 33:16
Open full H3072 profile →dikaíōs · dik-ah'-yoce
equitably
Strong's KJV usage: :--justly, (to) righteously(-ness).
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 15:34Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 15:34
Open full G1346 profile →euthýtēs · yoo-thoo'-tace
rectitude
Strong's KJV usage: :--righteousness.
Strong's first: Hebrews 1:8Strong's last: Hebrews 1:8
Open full G2118 profile →tsâdaq · tsaw-dak'
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
Strong's KJV usage: cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
Strong's first: Daniel 12:3Strong's last: Daniel 12:3
Open full H6663 profile →tsidqâh · tsid-kaw'
beneficence
Strong's KJV usage: righteousness.
Strong's first: Daniel 4:27Strong's last: Daniel 4:27
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Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
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RIGHTEOUSNESS, noun ri'chusness.
1. Purity of heart and rectitude of life; conformity of heart and life to the divine law. righteousness as used in Scripture and theology, in which it is chiefly used, is nearly equivalent to holiness, comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity of life to the divine law. It includes all we call justice, honesty and virtue, with holy affections; in short, it is true religion.
2. Applied to God, the perfection or holiness of his nature; exact rectitude; faithfulness.
3. The active and passive obedience of Christ, by which the law of God is fulfilled. Daniel 9:7.
4. Justice; equity between man and man. Luke 1:75.
5. The cause of our justification.
The Lord our righteousness Jeremiah 23:6.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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