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Lexicon :: Strong's H5352 - nāqâ

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נָקָה
Transliteration
nāqâ
Pronunciation
naw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1412

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
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).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
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 SachauZMG xxxv (1881), 735 Lzb325; Assyrian nâkû, pour out, pour libation, make offering, nikû, libation, offering; Old Aramaic נקיה perhaps = נוּקָיָה libation (Lzb326), compare Syriac bdb066703 Cook83; Syriac bdb066704 Pa. pour out, make a libation; on the other hand, Arabic bdb066705 purus, mundus fuit Kam Frey; II. cleanse, etc., Lane3037. — Original meaning probably empty out, hence pour and be empty, clean); **Targum נְקָא Pa. = cleanse (with lye) Isaiah 1:25; adjective נְקֵא clean of bread or fruit Genesis 40:16 TargumJ i, Deuteronomy 6:3 TargumJ 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 (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version 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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:8; 24:8; 24:41; 24:41; 40:16

Exodus

20:7; 20:7; 21:19; 34:7; 34:7

Numbers

5:19; 5:19; 5:28; 5:28; 5:31; 14:18; 14:18

Deuteronomy

5:11; 6:3

Joshua

4:21

Judges

15:3; 15:3

1 Samuel

26:9

1 Kings

2:9; 2:9; 15:22

Job

9:28; 9:28; 10:4; 10:14

Psalms

19:13; 19:13; 19:14

Proverbs

6:29; 6:29; 11:21; 16:5; 17:5; 19:5; 19:9; 28:20; 28:20

Isaiah

1:25; 3:26; 3:26

Jeremiah

2:35; 25:29; 25:29; 25:29; 25:29; 30:11; 30:11; 46:28; 46:28; 49:12; 49:12; 49:12

Nahum

1:3; 1:3

Zechariah

5:3; 5:3

H5352

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5352 matches the Hebrew נָקָה (nāqâ),
which occurs 44 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear H5352 from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - Then shalt thou be clear H5352 from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 - Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless H5352 that taketh his name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: H5352 only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means H5352 clear H5352 the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free H5352 from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 - And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, H5352 and shall conceive seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:31 - Then shall the man be guiltless H5352 from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:18 - The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means H5352 clearing H5352 the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 - Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless H5352 that taketh his name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:3 - And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless H5352 than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:9 - And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless? H5352

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - Now therefore hold him not guiltless: H5352 for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:28 - I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. H5352

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:14 - If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit H5352 me from mine iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:12 - Who can understand his errors? cleanse H5352 thou me from secret faults.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent H5352 from the great transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29 - So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. H5352

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 - Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: H5352 but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:5 - Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. H5352

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. H5352

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 - A false witness shall not be unpunished, H5352 and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 - A false witness shall not be unpunished, H5352 and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:20 - A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. H5352

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate H5352 shall sit upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:35 - Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, H5352 surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:29 - For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly H5352 unpunished? H5352 Ye shall not be unpunished: H5352 for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether H5352 unpunished. H5352

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly H5352 unpunished. H5352

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether H5352 go unpunished? H5352 thou shalt not go unpunished, H5352 but thou shalt surely drink of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:21 - For I will cleanse H5352 their blood that I have not cleansed: H5352 for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:3 - The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all H5352 acquit H5352 the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off H5352 as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off H5352 as on that side according to it.
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