KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 7:1
Complete exact-word concordance
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
And what nation is there so great, that hath Statutes and Iudgements so righteous, as all this Law which I set before you this day?
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Thou shalt not wrest iudgement, thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and peruert the wordes of the righteous.
1611 marginal noteOr, matters
1611 marginal noteExod. 23.8.
IF there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
¶ If there bee a controuersie betweene men, and they come vnto iudgment, that the Iudges may iudge them, then they shall iustifie the righteous, and condemne the wicked.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Just; accordant to the divine law. Applied to things, it denotes consonant to the divine will or to justice. The righteous, in Scripture, denote the servants of God, the saints. Just; equitable; merited.
