Zadok Zadok (or Zadok HaKohen, also spelled Ṣadok, Ṣadoc, Zadoq, Tzadok, or Tsadoq; he, צָדוֹק הַכֹּהֵן, meaning "Righteous, Justified") was a Kohen (priest), biblically recorded to be a descendant from Eleazar the son of Aaron (). H ...

was a high priest of the Israelites in Jerusalem during the reigns of David and Solomon. Zadok may also refer to:

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* The founder of the

Sadducees The Sadducees (; he, צְדוּקִים, Ṣədūqīm) were a socio-religious sect of Jewish people who were active in Judea during the Second Temple period, from the second century BCE through the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. Th ...

, the priestly sect during the time of the Second Temple * Zadok, the father of Jerusha, who was the mother of King Jotham of Judah * Zadok, a Pharisee and co-founder of the

Zealots The Zealots were a political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism which sought to incite the people of Judea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from the Holy Land by force of arms, most notably during the First Jew ...

* Zadok, son of Azor, appearing in the

Genealogy of Jesus The New Testament provides two accounts of the genealogy of Jesus, one in the Gospel of Matthew and another in the Gospel of Luke. Matthew starts with Abraham, while Luke begins with Adam. The lists are identical between Abraham and David, but ...

Zadok II The Sons of Zadok ( he, בְּנֵי צָדוֹק ''bǝnê Ṣādōq'') are a family of priests, kohens, descended from Zadok, the first high priest in Solomon's Temple. The sons of Zadok are mentioned three times in the Hebrew Bible, as part of t ...

, grandson of Azariah * Erez Zadok is the current maintainer of the

Berkeley Automounter In computing the Berkeley Automounter (or amd) is a computer automounter daemon which first appeared in 4.4BSD in 1994. The original Berkeley automounter was created by Jan-Simon Pendry in 1989 and was donated to Berkeley. After languishing for ...

Charles Zadok Charles Zadok (August 11, 1896 – April 7, 1984) was an American businessman, art collector and patron. Early life Zadok was born on August 11, 1896 in Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire. In 1922, Zadok, who was Portuguese and 25 years old, arrived i ...

(1897-1984), American businessman, art collector and patron *

Haim Yosef Zadok Haim Yosef Zadok ( he, חיים יוסף צדוק, born Haim Wilkenfeld; 2 October 1913 – 15 August 2002) was an Israeli jurist and politician. Early life Zadok was born in 1913 in Rava-Ruska in Eastern Galicia in Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine). ...

(1913-2002), Israeli jurist and politician *

Rabbi Zadok Rabbi Zadok (Hebrew: רבי צדוק) was a Tanna of the second generation of the Tannaic era, a contemporary of Joshua ben Hananiah and Eliezer ben Hurcanus, descending from Tribe of Benjamin. Rabbi Zadok was one of the notable Tannaim of his g ...

, ''tanna'' of the 1st-century CE *

Rachel Zadok Rachel Zadok is a South African writer and a Whitbread First Novel Award nominee (2005). She is the author of the novels ''Gem Squash Tokoloshe'' and ''Sister-Sister''. Life Zadok was born in South Africa in 1972 to a South African mother and a ...

, South-African writer currently based in London, England *

Yehuda Zadok Yehuda Zadok (also "Tzadok"; יהודה צדוק; born December 29, 1958) is an Israeli former Olympic runner. He set Israeli records in the 3000 metre race in 1980, and in the 3000 metre steeplechase in 1984. At the 1981 Maccabiah Games, he won ...

(born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner

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*Zadok Allen, a character in the H. P. Lovecraft novella ''

The Shadow over Innsmouth ''The Shadow over Innsmouth'' is a horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November–December 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization, and references several shared ...

'' *Avi Zadok, a character in the novel ''

The Last Jihad Joel C. Rosenberg (born April 17, 1967) is an American-Israeli communications strategist, author, and non-profit executive. He has written sixteen novels about terrorism and Bible prophecy, including the Gold Medallion Book Award-winner '' Th ...

'' by Joel C. Rosenberg

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*''

Zadok the Priest ''Zadok the Priest'' ( HWV 258) is a British anthem that was composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Alongside '' The King Shall Rejoice'', '' My Heart is Inditing'' and '' Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened' ...

'', an 18th-century coronation anthem by Handel

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*Zadok, a manufacturer of music soft and hardware (Zadok Audio & Media Products), see the

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* Haim Zadok & Co., a Tel Aviv law firm

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