righteous
part of speech
adjective (righteous, more righteous, most righteous); noun (the righteous — people who are good, formal or Bible)
meaning for a pupil
1) Righteous means morally right and good, doing what is fair and honest. tree →
2) (Bible, church) A righteous person is one who lives the way God wants; Christians and Jews believe God loves the righteous. tree →
3) Righteous anger is anger you feel because something is truly unfair. tree →
4) (slang, US, a bit old-fashioned) Righteous can mean really great or excellent. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah a righteous person is one who does what is just and what God wants. Noah and Abraham are called this. Interpretation: Tradition calls such a person a tzaddik. The rabbis taught that a tzaddik may still make mistakes but keeps trying to follow God. In the primary lessons: In stories it tells the reader a character is good and fair, or sometimes that a character only thinks they are good (self-righteous). In church and Bible lessons it describes people who obey God (the righteous, the path of the righteous). Phrases: righteous anger, righteous cause, self-righteous (thinking you are better than others).
examples
- Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God. (Torah GEN.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let me die the death of the righteous, and let mine end be like his! (Torah NUM.23.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? (Torah GEN.18.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? (Writings JOB.35.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? (Writings PSA.58.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought? (Writings PSA.11.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- The judge was a righteous man who treated everyone fairly. tree →
- Noah was called a righteous man in the Bible story. tree →
- She felt a righteous anger when the bully took the little boy's lunch. tree →
- The psalm says the righteous will flourish like a palm tree. tree →
- Fighting for clean water for the village is a righteous cause. tree →
- Don't be so self-righteous; you forget your homework too! tree →
- (slang, US) That skateboard jump was totally righteous, dude. tree →
note
Sounds like RY-chus. Not used for maths. Self-righteous is not a compliment: it means smug about being good. The opposite is unrighteous or wicked. Say «a righteous person», not «a righteous».
In the corpora
- Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.
- And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?
- Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.
- And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «righteous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.