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צְדָקָה: tsedaqah (H6666), a Hebrew word meaning "rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)"

tsedaqah

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tsedaqah is a Hebrew word meaning "rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)", encompassing ideas like justice, moderately, right ..

righteousness; justice, rightness

The Hebrew word tsedaqah means "righteousness; justice, rightness," encompassing related ideas including justice, moderately, right ..

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Secondary Meanings
  • a righteous act or deed
  • moral integrity
Rare / Figurative Uses
  • vindication, deliverance (by righteous judgment)

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Origin

This word acts as a root form.

Meaning Layers

This word carries distinct senses across different contexts.

Cross-Language Connections

How tsedaqah pairs with its counterpart across the Testaments.

tsedaqahdikaiosynēGreekequity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
tsedaqahyeshuahHebrewsomething saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
tsedaqahmishpatHebrewproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstract

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Words that share the same theological orbit.

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צְדָקָה

Pronunciationtsedaqah

H6666

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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