What does צְדָקָה · פָּנִים · יְהֹוָה mean in the Bible?
צְדָקָה · פָּנִים · יְהֹוָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude ), objectively ( justice ), morally ( virtue ) or figuratively ( prosperity )".
Hebrew · H6666, H6440, H3068
צְדָקָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה
Rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude ), objectively ( justice ), morally ( virtue ) or figuratively ( prosperity ) · the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.) · (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
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צְדָקָה H6666 rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude ), objectively ( justice ), morally ( virtue ) or figuratively ( prosperity )
Pronunciation ṣəḏāqāh
Righteousness as both relational right-standing with God and active justice toward others—covenantal wholeness.
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פָּנִים H6440 the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.)
יְהֹוָה H3068 (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
Pronunciation YHWH
God's self-existence and eternity marked by the covenantal name revealing His unchanging, personal relationship with Israel
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What does צְדָקָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה (tsedaqah lifnei YHWH) mean in the Bible?
צְדָקָה · פָּנִים · יְהֹוָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude ), objectively ( justice ), morally ( virtue ) or figuratively ( prosperity )".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6666, H6440, H3068?
H6666, H6440, H3068 is connected to 8,807 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude ), objectively ( justice ), morally ( virtue ) or figuratively ( prosperity )
Strong's H6666, H6440, H3068
Lexical occurrences 8,807 verses Source Gloss
rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude ), objectively ( justice ), morally ( virtue ) or figuratively ( prosperity )
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
צְדָקָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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