Definition

the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity

Etymology

from H6663 (צָדַק);

Where the KJV renders it

• even
• ( that which is altogether) just(-ice)
• (un-)right(-eous) (cause
• -ly
• -ness)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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