Words the Bible translates as justify

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

dikaioōδικαιόωto declare someone to be in the right: to hand down a favorable verdict, acquitting, clearing, or vindicating a person rather than making the person good
tsadaqצָדֵקto be in the right: to stand righteous, just, or cleared, whether as a settled state of life or as a verdict won in a dispute
+1 more meaning
- to put someone in the right: to declare, pronounce, or treat a person as righteous, to acquit and vindicate them

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