נִקָּיוֹן (qēhāyôn) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning innocency. It appears
5 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5356).
Also rendered
bluntness
innocence
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1412c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1412c)innocency; freedom from guilt; freedom from punishment; cleanness of teeth; clearness; cleanness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נִקָּיוֹןnoun, masculine: innocency
1.freedom from guilt, innocency
2.freedom from punishment
3.in physical sense, cleanness of teeth
Strong's H5356נִקָּיוֹן: clearness (literally or figuratively) KJV:cleanness, innocency.
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: נָקָהnāqâ — 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…