ṣdq

ṣdq

Definition: West Semitic, to be(come) just, righteous. 1a. Melchizedek, from Hebrew malkî-ṣedeq, my king (is) righteousness, from ṣedeq, righteousness; b. Zedekiah, from Hebrew ṣidqîyāhû, my righteousness (is) Yahweh, from ṣidqî, my righteousness, from ṣidq-, presuffixal form of ṣedeq, righteousness (yāhû, Yahweh; see hwy). Both a and b from ṣādaq, to be(come) just, righteous. 2. Sadducee, from Mishnaic Hebrew ṣǝdûqî, Sadducee, after ṣādôq, Zadok, just, righteous, high priest in the time of David and Solomon, from ṣādaq (see above).