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Lexicon :: Strong's H5355 - nāqî

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נָקִי
Transliteration
nāqî
Pronunciation
naw-kee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1412a,1412b

Strong’s Definitions

נָקִי nâqîy, naw-kee'; or נָקִיא nâqîyʼ; (Joel 4:19 [Joel 3:19][1]; Jonah 1:14), from H5352; innocent:—blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.

1. Edited by BLB [Strong's references Joel 4:19 in the Hebrew Bible]

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H5355 in the following manner: innocent (31x), guiltless (4x), quit (2x), blameless (2x), clean (1x), clear (1x), exempted (1x), free (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H5355 in the following manner: innocent (31x), guiltless (4x), quit (2x), blameless (2x), clean (1x), clear (1x), exempted (1x), free (1x), variant (1x).

  1. clean, free from, exempt, clear, innocent

    1. free from guilt, clean, innocent

    2. free from punishment

    3. free or exempt from obligations

  2. innocent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָקִי nâqîy, naw-kee'; or נָקִיא nâqîyʼ; (Joel 4:19 [Joel 3:19][1]; Jonah 1:14), from H5352; innocent:—blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.

1. Edited by BLB [Strong's references Joel 4:19 in the Hebrew Bible]

STRONGS H5355: Abbreviations
† נָקִי adjective clean, free from, exempt; — נ׳ Genesis 24:41 + 31 times; construct נְקִי Psalm 24:4; plural נְקִיִּים Jeremiah 2:34; נְקִיִּם Genesis 44:10 + 6 times; —
1. free from guilt, clean, innocent, || נָקִי וְצַדִּיק ׃צַדִּיק Exodus 23:7 (E), נָקִי : innocent person Job 4:7; Job 17:8; Job 22:19, 30; Job 27:17; Psalm 10:8; Psalm 15:5; Proverbs 1:11; נקיים Job 9:23; דם נקי innocent blood, first used in D, Deuteronomy 19:10; Deuteronomy 27:25; 1 Samuel 19:5; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4; Psalm 94:2; Psalm 106:38; Proverbs 6:17; Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3; Jeremiah 26:15; דם חנקי Deuteronomy 19:13; 2 Kings 24:4; Jeremiah 22:17; הדם הנקי Deuteronomy 21:9; דם נקיים Jeremiah 19:4; נָקִיִ מִדְּמֵי 2 Samuel 3:28 (+ מֵעִם י׳); נְקִי כַפַּיִם Psalm 24:4; אביונים נקיים Jeremiah 2:34.
2. free from punishment Exodus 21:28 (E) 2 Samuel 14:9.
3. free, exempt from obligations Genesis 44:10 (J); from service in war Numbers 32:22 (P; + מִן person, see מִן 2d), Deuteronomy 24:5; 1 Kings 15:22 (compare Arabic bdb066706 and WetzstZMG xxii (1868), 129); with מן, from oaths Genesis 24:41 (J) Joshua 2:17, 19, 20 (JE).

† נָקִיא adjective innocent; — דָּם נָקִיא innocent blood Joel 4:19; Jonah 1:14 (both Kt; Qr נָקִי).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:41; 24:41; 44:10; 44:10

Exodus

21:28; 23:7

Numbers

32:22

Deuteronomy

19:10; 19:13; 21:9; 24:5; 27:25

Joshua

2:17; 2:19; 2:20

1 Samuel

19:5

2 Samuel

3:28; 14:9

1 Kings

15:22

2 Kings

21:16; 24:4; 24:4

Job

4:7; 9:23; 17:8; 22:19; 22:30; 27:17

Psalms

10:8; 15:5; 24:4; 24:4; 94:2; 106:38

Proverbs

1:11; 6:17

Isaiah

59:7

Jeremiah

2:34; 2:34; 7:6; 19:4; 22:3; 22:17; 26:15

Jonah

1:14

H5355

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5355 matches the Hebrew נָקִי (nāqî),
which occurs 43 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my clan. And if they will not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10 - He said, “Let it be as you say: he who is found with it shall be my servant, and the rest of you shall be innocent.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - “When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - and the land is subdued before the LORD; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:10 - lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood[fn] from Israel, so that it may be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:8 - Accept atonement, O LORD, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5 - “When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife[fn] whom he has taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - “‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - The men said to her, “We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless with respect to your oath that you have made us swear.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father’s house; let the king and his throne be guiltless.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, none was exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16 - Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:7 - “Remember: who that was innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright cut off?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:23 - When disaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity[fn] of the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:8 - The upright are appalled at this,
and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19 - The righteous see it and are glad;
the innocent one mocks at them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:30 - He delivers even the one who is not innocent,
who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:17 - he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - He sits in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:5 - who does not put out his money at interest
and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:21 - They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:38 - they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was polluted with blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us ambush the innocent without reason;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:17 - haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - Their feet run to evil,
and they are swift to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:34 - Also on your skirts is found
the lifeblood of the guiltless poor;
you did not find them breaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:15 - Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the LORD sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - “Egypt shall become a desolation
and Edom a desolate wilderness,
for the violence done to the people of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:14 - Therefore they called out to the LORD, “O LORD, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you.”
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