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Lexicon :: Strong's H5356 - niqqāyôn

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נִקָּיוֹן
Transliteration
niqqāyôn
Pronunciation
nik-kaw-yone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1412c

Strong’s Definitions

נִקָּיוֹן niqqâyôwn, nik-kaw-yone'; or נִקָּיֹן niqqâyôn; from H5352; clearness (literally or figuratively):—cleanness, innocency.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H5356 in the following manner: innocency (4x), cleanness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H5356 in the following manner: innocency (4x), cleanness (1x).

  1. innocency

    1. freedom from guilt, innocency

    2. freedom from punishment

    3. cleanness of teeth (physical sense)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נִקָּיוֹן niqqâyôwn, nik-kaw-yone'; or נִקָּיֹן niqqâyôn; from H5352; clearness (literally or figuratively):—cleanness, innocency.
STRONGS H5356: Abbreviations
† נִקָּיוֺן noun [masculine] innocency; — נ׳ Psalm 26:6; Psalm 73:13; נִקָּיֹן Hosea 8:5; construct נִקְּיוֺן Amos 4:6; נִקְיֹן Genesis 20:5; —
1. freedom from guilt, innocency: כַּפַּי נ׳ Genesis 20:5 (RJE); כַּפָּ֑י בנ׳אֶרְחַץ Psalm 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocency = Psalm 73:13.
2. freedom from punishment Hosea 8:5.
3. in physical sense, נִקְיוֺם שִׁנַּיִם cleanness of teeth (without food) Amos 4:6 (but read perhaps after Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum קַהֲיוֺן bluntness, so LagBN 201).

† [קֵהָיוֺן] noun [masculine] bluntness (LagBN 201); — read perhaps construct קִהְיוֺן Amos 4:6 (for נִקְיוֺן; see נִקָּיוֺן).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:5; 20:5

Psalms

26:6; 26:6; 73:13; 73:13

Hosea

8:5; 8:5

Amos

4:6; 4:6; 4:6

H5356

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5356 matches the Hebrew נִקָּיוֹן (niqqāyôn),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 - I wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, O LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - I have[fn] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:6 - “I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
and lack of bread in all your places,
yet you did not return to me,”
declares the LORD.
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