Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
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Righteousness
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Revelation 19:11
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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צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh · tsed-aw-kaw'
125 times translated as this KJV form157 total Strong's occurrences
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Strong's KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 15:6Strong's last: Malachi 4:2
Open full H6666 profile →δικαιοσύνη
dikaiosýnē · dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay
92 times translated as this KJV form92 total Strong's occurrences
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
Strong's KJV usage: :--righteousness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 3:15Strong's last: Revelation 19:11
Open full G1343 profile →צֶדֶק
tsedeq · tseh'-dek
77 times translated as this KJV form116 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 19:15Strong's last: Zephaniah 2:3
Open full H6664 profile →δικαίωμα
dikaíōma · dik-ah'-yo-mah
4 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
an equitable deed; by implication, a statute or decision
Strong's KJV usage: :--judgment, justification, ordinance, righteousness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 2:26Strong's last: Revelation 19:8
Open full G1345 profile →יְהֹוָה צִדְקֵנוּ
Yᵉhôvâh tsidqênûw · ye-ho-vaw' tsid-kay'-noo
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
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 →δικαίως
dikaíōs · dik-ah'-yoce
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
equitably
Strong's KJV usage: :--justly, (to) righteously(-ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 15:34Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 15:34
Open full G1346 profile →εὐθύτης
euthýtēs · yoo-thoo'-tace
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
rectitude
Strong's KJV usage: :--righteousness.
Strong's first: Hebrews 1:8Strong's last: Hebrews 1:8
Open full G2118 profile →צָדַק
tsâdaq · tsaw-dak'
1 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 12:3Strong's last: Daniel 12:3
Open full H6663 profile →צִדְקָה
tsidqâh · tsid-kaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
beneficence
Strong's KJV usage: righteousness.
Strong's first: Daniel 4:27Strong's last: Daniel 4:27
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H3072
In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
H6666
The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
H6664
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
H6666
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
H6666
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
H6666
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
H6666
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
H6666
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
H6666
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
H6666
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
H6666
When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
H6666
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
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Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
H6666
When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
H6666
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
H6665
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
H6666
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
H6666
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
H6664
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
H6663
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 ever.
H6664
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
H6666
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
H6664
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
H6666
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
H6666
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
English meaning and historical usage.
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righteousness
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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