Righteousness

Righteousness

Righteousness in this article refers to the important theological concept in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. It is an attribute that implies that a person's actions are justified, and can have the connotation that the person has been "judged" or "reckoned" as leading a life that is pleasing to God. Righteousness is also used as an attribute for God. Psalm 2 speaks of one being shielded by God and receiving favor because of righteousness.

Etymology

The English word "righteous" was coined by William Tyndale, who remodelled the word after an earlier word "rihtwis", which would have yielded Modern English *"rightwise" or *"rightways". He used it to translate the Hebrew root צדקים ("TzDYQ"), tzedek, which appears more than five hundred times in the Hebrew Bible, and the Greek word , ).

The apostle James speaks of the relationship between works of righteousness and faith (). Righteousness means "right doing".

Saint Peter describes Lot as a righteous man in bibleverse|2|Peter|2:7-8.

See also

* Biblical law in Christianity
* Expounding of the Law
* Christian perfection
* Holiness
* Alien righteousness
* Proper righteousness
* Imparted righteousness
* Imputed righteousness
* Justice - Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons
* Justification
* Salvation
* Sanctification
* Tzadik
* Righteous Among the Nations
* Rashidun Mahdi for the Islamic Concept


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  • righteousness —   Pono.    ♦ The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness, ua mau ke ea o ka āina i ka pono (motto of Hawai i) …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • righteousness — righteous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ morally right or justifiable. DERIVATIVES righteously adverb righteousness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • righteousness — noun see righteous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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