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| + | ==Etymology== |
| + | alteration of earlier rightuous, alteration of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] rightwise, rightwos, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] rihtwīs, from riht, noun, right + wīs wise |
| + | *Date: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1530] |
| + | ==Definitions== |
| + | *1 : [[acting]] in accord with [[divine]] or [[moral]] [[law]] : free from [[guilt]] or [[sin]] |
| + | *2 a : morally right or justifiable <a righteous [[decision]]> |
| + | :b : arising from an outraged sense of [[justice]] or [[morality]] <righteous indignation> |
| + | *3 slang : genuine, excellent |
| + | :synonyms see [[moral]] |
| + | <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Goodness]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Goodness '''''this link'''''].</center> |
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| + | ==Description== |
| + | '''Righteousness''' (also called rectitude) is an important theological [[concept]] in [[monotheism]]. It is an [[attribute]] that implies that a [[person's]] [[actions]] are justified, and can have the connotation that the person has been "judged" or "reckoned" as leading a life that is [[Pleasure|pleasing]] to [[God]]. Righteousness is also used as an attribute for God. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_2 Psalm 2] speaks of one being shielded by God and receiving favor because of righteousness. |
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| + | The [[English]] word righteous was coined by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale William Tyndale], who remodelled the [[word]] after an earlier word rihtwis, which would have yielded [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#1500-present.09THE_MODERN_ENGLISH_PERIOD Modern English] rightwise or rightways. He used it to [[translate]] the Hebrew root צדקים (TzDYQ), tzedek (see [[Melchizedek|Melchi'''zedek''']]), which appears more than five hundred times in the [[Hebrew Bible]], and the [[Greek]] [[word]] δικαιος (dikaios), which appears more than two hundred times in the [[New Testament]]. |
| + | ==See also== |
| + | *'''''[[Self-righteousness]]''''' |
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| + | [[Category: Law]] |
| + | [[Category: Religion]] |