Zedek
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Zedek or Tzedek, West Semitic for "Justice", was probably the name of the chief god of the Jebusites, and possibly of other Canaanite people. He is mentioned in the Tanakh and in other Middle Eastern writings in conjunction with such Jebusite names as Melchizedek ("My king is Zedek") and Adonizedek (My Lord is Zedek). Some writers (citation needed) have speculated about a connection between Zedek and the planet Jupiter, because it is called by that name in Hebrew astronomy, at least since the talmudic era.
Zedek, as worshipped by the Jebusites, may have been identical with El (אל). In such a case Zedek would likely just be a prominent epithet.
There is some speculation that Zadok, the priest, may be a humanisation of Zedek rather than a historical figure.
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