Words the Bible translates as what is right
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsedeqצֶדֶקrightness: conformity to what is truly right, the standard or order things ought to match.
- mesharמֵישָׁרuprightness: the quality of being straight and even, shown as fair dealing, honest speech, or a smooth, unobstructed course
- yosherיֹשֶׁרstraightness, and so honesty: a motive with nothing bent in it, a life or road that runs direct rather than crooked, and what is simply right or owed
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