Bible Names

Zadok: meaning of the name

Zadok means “just; justified.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Zadok in Hebrew and Greek

צָדוֹק H6659

Tsâdôwq (tsaw-doke') — Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites

from H6663 (צָדַק); just;

People named Zadok in the Bible

Zadok in Scripture

“Zadok” appears in 50 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Samuel 8:17

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

  • 2 Samuel 15:24

    And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

  • 2 Samuel 15:25

    And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

  • 2 Samuel 15:27

    The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

  • 2 Samuel 15:29

    Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

  • 2 Samuel 15:35

    And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

  • 2 Samuel 15:36

    Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.

  • 2 Samuel 17:15

    Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.