tsadok · Zadok

What it means

tsadok (צָדוֹק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Zadok”.

The name of several men; the best known is the priest in the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35). It means "righteous."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×14
• 1 Kings×11
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×15
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×5
• Ezekiel×4

• 2 Samuel 8:17

  Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was scribe;

• 2 Samuel 15:24

  And there was Zadok too, and all the Levites with him, carrying the ark of the covenant of Elohim; and they set down the ark of Elohim, and Abiathar went up, until all the people had finished crossing over from the city.

• 2 Samuel 15:25

  The king said to Zadok, “Take back the ark of Elohim to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of YHWH, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling.

• 2 Samuel 15:27

  The king said to Zadok the priest, “Do you see? Go back to the city in peace, and Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons, with you.

• 2 Samuel 15:29

  So Zadok and Abiathar took back the ark of Elohim to Jerusalem, and they stayed there.

• 2 Samuel 15:35

  And are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? So every word that you hear from the house of the king, you shall tell to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.

• 2 Samuel 15:36

  Look, their two sons are there with them, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and you shall send to me by their hand every word that you hear.”

• 2 Samuel 17:15

  Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Such and such Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and such and such I have counseled.

• 2 Samuel 18:19

  Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and bring news to the king that YHWH has done him justice from the hand of his enemies.”

• 2 Samuel 18:22

  Ahimaaz son of Zadok spoke again to Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.” Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, when you have no news that finds reward?”

• 2 Samuel 18:27

  The watchman said, “I see that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and with good news he comes.”

• 2 Samuel 19:11

  King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why should you be the last to bring back the king to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house?

• 2 Samuel 20:25

  Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

• 1 Kings 1:8

  But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.

• 1 Kings 1:26

  But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Solomon your servant he has not invited.

• 1 Kings 1:32

  And King David said, “Call Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada to me.” And they came before the king.

• 1 Kings 1:34

  And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel; and blow the horn and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

• 1 Kings 1:38

  So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and set Solomon on the mule of King David, and brought him to Gihon.

• 1 Kings 1:39

  And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

• 1 Kings 1:44

  The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.

• 1 Kings 1:45

  And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him as king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound that you heard.

• 1 Kings 2:35

  And the king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest the king put in the place of Abiathar.

• 1 Kings 4:2

  And these were the officials that were his: Azariah son of Zadok the priest;

• 1 Kings 4:4

  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

• 2 Kings 15:33

  He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.

• 1 Chronicles 6:8

  and Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;

• 1 Chronicles 6:12

  and Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum;

• 1 Chronicles 6:53

  Zadok, his son; Ahimaaz, his son.

• 1 Chronicles 9:11

  and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of Elohim;

• 1 Chronicles 12:28

  and Zadok, a young man, a mighty warrior, and his father’s house, twenty-two commanders;

• 1 Chronicles 15:11

  David summoned Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab;

• 1 Chronicles 16:39

  and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests he left before the dwelling of YHWH at the high place that was at Gibeon,

• 1 Chronicles 18:16

  Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;

• 1 Chronicles 24:3

  David divided them, with Zadok from the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service.

• 1 Chronicles 24:6

  Shemaiah son of Nethanel, the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them before the king and the chiefs and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites: one father’s house taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

• 1 Chronicles 24:31

  They also cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, before David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites: the head of a fathers’ house just as his younger brother.

• 1 Chronicles 27:17

  for Levi, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;

• 1 Chronicles 29:22

  They ate and drank before YHWH on that day with great joy. They made Solomon son of David king a second time, and anointed him for YHWH as leader, and Zadok as priest.

• 2 Chronicles 27:1

  Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

• 2 Chronicles 31:10

  Azariah the head priest of the house of Zadok spoke to him and said, “Since they began to bring the contribution into the house of YHWH, we have eaten and been satisfied and much has been left over, for YHWH has blessed his people; and what is left is this abundance.”

And 13 more times.