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 they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the Commandements and ordinances of the Lord, blamelesse.
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
And he spake this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were righteous, & despised other:
1611 marginal noteOr, as being righteous
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
Now when the Centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
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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.
