Lexicon :: Strong's H5352 - nāqâ

נָקָה

Transliteration

nāqâ

Pronunciation

naw-kaw'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1412

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

נָקָה nâqâh, naw-kaw'; a primitive root; to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated:—acquit × at all, × altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, × by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, × utterly, × wholly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H5352 in the following manner: unpunished (11x), guiltless (5x), innocent (5x), clear (4x), cleanse (3x), free (2x), by no means (2x), acquit (2x), altogether (2x), cut off (2x), at all (1x), blameless (1x), desolate (1x), quit (1x), utterly (1x), wholly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off
1. (Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be cleaned out, be purged out
  2. to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent
  3. to be free, be exempt from punishment
  4. to be free, be exempt from obligation
3. (Piel)
  1. to hold innocent, acquit
  2. to leave unpunished

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5352: Abbreviations

† [נָקָה] verb be empty(?), clean (Ecclus 16:11b Niph. Imperfect ינקה be unpunished, so Ecclesiasticus 40:15; Ecclesiasticus 31:5 = Proverbs 28:20; Late Hebrew Pi. = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic נְקָא Pa. = Biblical Hebrew, adjective נְקֵא clean; Phoenician נקי adjective pure; Palmyrene נקא be clean (perhaps) in proper name Sachau^{ZMG xxxv (1881), 735} Lzb³²⁵; Assyrian nâkû, pour out, pour libation, make offering, nikû, libation, offering; Old Aramaic נקיה perhaps = נוּקָיָה libation (Lzb³²⁶), compare Syriac Cook⁸³; Syriac Pa. pour out, make a libation; on the other hand, Arabic purus, mundus fuit Kam Frey; II. cleanse, etc., Lane³⁰³⁷. — Original meaning probably empty out, hence pour and be empty, clean); ** נְקָא Pa. = cleanse (with lye) Isaiah 1:25; adjective נְקֵא clean of bread or fruit Genesis 40:16 ^{J i}, Deuteronomy 6:3 ^{J ii}, = exempt (Biblical Hebrew נָקִי) 1 Kings 15:22. —
Qal Infinitive absolute נָקֹה Jeremiah 49:12 (נָקֹה תִּנָּקֶה, probably error for הנקה ת׳, compare Jeremiah 25:29).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִקָּה Zechariah 5:3 + 5 times; feminine נִקְּתָה Numbers 5:28; נִקָּ֑תָה Isaiah 3:26; 2nd person masculine singular נִקֵּיתָ Genesis 24:8; 1st person singular נִקֵּיתִי Judges 15:3 + 2 times; Imperfect יִנָקֶה Proverbs 6:29 + 6 times; 2nd person masculine singular תִּנָּקֶה Genesis 24:41 + 2 times; plural תִּנָּקוּ Jeremiah 25:29 (twice in verse); Imperative הִנָּקֹי Numbers 5:19; Infinitive הִנָּקִה Jeremiah 25:29; —

1. be cleaned out, of a plundered city Isaiah 3:26; purged out, of liars and perjurers Zechariah 5:3 (twice in verse).

2. be clean, free from guilt, innocent, Jeremiah 2:35 with מִן, מִפֶּשַׁע Psalm 19:14; מֵעָוֺן Numbers 5:31(P); מִפְּלִשְׁתִּים from (at the hands of) the Philistines Judges 15:3.

3. be free, exempt from punishment, absolute Exodus 21:19 (E) Numbers 5:28 (P) 1 Samuel 26:9; לֹא יִנָּקֶה Proverbs 6:29; Proverbs 11:21; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 19:5, 9; Proverbs 28:20; Jeremiah 25:29 (3 times in verse); Jeremiah 49:12b, נָקֹה תִּנָּקֶה Jeremiah 49:12a.

4. free, exempt from obligation, with מִן, from oaths Genesis 24:8, 41 (J); מִמֵּי הַמָּרִים from effects of drinking the bitter water Numbers 5:19 (P).

Piel Perfect 1st person singular נִקֵּיתִי Joshua 4:21 ( נִקַּמְתִּי; so Now SS Buhl); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְנַקֶּה Exodus 20:7 + 2 times; יְנַקֵּ֑ה Numbers 14:18; Nahum 1:3; 2nd person masculine singular suffix תְּנַקֵּנִי Job 9:28; Job 10:14; תְּנַקֵּהוּ 1 Kings 2:9; 1st person singular suffix אֲנַקֶּ֑ךָּ Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 46:28; Imperative suffix נַקֵּנִי Psalm 19:13; Infinitive absolute נַקֵּה Exodus 34:7 + 4 times; —

1. hold innocent, acquit, Job 9:28; מֵעֲוֺנִי Job 10:4; מִנִּסְתּרוֺת Psalm 19:13.

2. leave unpunished: of man, with accusative 1 Kings 2:9; elsewhere of God: absolute נַקֵּה לאֹ יְנַקֶּה Exodus 34:7 (twice in verse) = Numbers 14:18 (twice in verse) (all J) = Nahum 1:3 (twice in verse); with accusative לאֹ יְנַקֶּה Exodus 20:7 = Deuteronomy 5:11; נַקֵּה לאֹ אֲנַקֶּךָּ Jeremiah 30:11 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 46:28 (twice in verse), compare Joel 4:21 (twice in verse) (but see above).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5343.

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