What Does “Just (righteous)” Mean in the Bible?
In the Bible, someone who lives as God wants and keeps his Law with the heart. Joseph and Simeon were like this.
A detail
- Today: “just” can also mean “exact” or “fair to everyone.” In the Bible it means more.
Where it appears in the Bible
Matthew 1:19; Luke 2:25
What the Bible says
Matthew 1:19
Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.
Luke 2:25
And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was in him.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “justo”; Matthew 1:19