נָקִי
nāqîʾ
clean
Strong's H5355AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 1412b

נָקִי (nāqîʾ) is a Hebrew adjective meaning clean. It appears 43 times in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5355).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1412b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1412b)innocent; blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, quit
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָקִיא adjective: innocent

Strong's H5355 נָקִי: innocent
KJV:blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1412: נָקָה nāqâ — be empty, clean; be cleaned out, free from guilt, innocent, be free, exempt from punishment, exempt from obligation; hold innocent, acquit, leave unpunished; be, make, be bare, extirpated; be blameless, cleanse, clear, clearing…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 24:41Exodus 23:7Numbers 32:22

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