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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - “But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be H5352 free H5352 of this oath of mine; only do not take my son back there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - then you will be H5352 free H5352 from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 -

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not [fn]leave H5352 him unpunished H5352 who takes His name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go H5352 unpunished H5352; he shall only pay for his [fn]loss of time, and [fn]shall pay for his care until he is completely healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - who keeps faithfulness for thousands, who forgives wrongdoing, violation of His Law, and sin; yet He will by H5352 no means H5352 leave H5352 the guilty unpunished H5352, inflicting the [fn]punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘And the priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has had sexual relations with you and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness, as you are under the authority of your husband, be H5352 [fn]immune H5352 to this water of bitterness that brings a curse;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 - ‘But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be H5352 [fn]immune H5352 and conceive [fn]children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:31 - ‘The man, moreover, will be H5352 free H5352 of [fn]guilt, but that woman shall bear the consequences of her [fn]guilt.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:18 - ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in mercy, forgiving wrongdoing and violation of His Law; but He will by H5352 no means H5352 leave H5352 the guilty unpunished H5352, inflicting the [fn]punishment of the fathers on the children [fn]to the third and the fourth generations.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 -

‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God [fn]in vain, for the LORD will not [fn]leave H5352 unpunished H5352 the one who takes His name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:3 - Samson then said to them, “This time I will have been H5352 blameless H5352 regarding the Philistines when I do them harm.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:9 - But David said to Abishai, “Do not [fn]kill him, for who can reach out with his hand against the LORD’S anointed and remain H5352 innocent H5352?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - “But now do not leave H5352 him unpunished H5352, for you are a wise man; and you will know what to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to [fn]Sheol with blood.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:28 -

I am afraid of all my pains,

I know that You will not acquit H5352 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:14 -

If I have sinned, You will take note of me,

And will not acquit H5352 me of my guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:12 -

Who can discern his errors? Acquit H5352 me of hidden faults.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 -

Also keep Your servant back from presumptuous sins;

Let them not rule over me;

Then I will be innocent,

And I will be H5352 blameless H5352 of great wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29 -

So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;

Whoever touches her will not [fn]go H5352 unpunished H5352.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 -

[fn]Be assured, the evil person will not go H5352 unpunished H5352,

But the [fn]descendants of the righteous will be rescued.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:5 -

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD;

[fn]Be assured, he will not go H5352 unpunished H5352.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 -

One who mocks the poor taunts his Maker;

One who rejoices at disaster will not go H5352 unpunished H5352.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 -

A false witness will not go H5352 unpunished H5352,

And one who declares lies will not escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 -

A false witness will not go H5352 unpunished H5352,

And one who declares lies will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:20 -

A faithful person will abound with blessings,

But one who hurries to be rich will not go H5352 unpunished H5352.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 -

And her [fn]gates will lament and mourn,

And she will sit deserted H5352 on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:35 -

You said, ‘I am H5352 innocent H5352;

Surely His anger is turned away from me.’

Behold, I will enter into judgment with you

Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:29 - “For behold, I am beginning to inflict disaster on this city which is called by My name, so should you be H5352 completely H5352 free H5352 from H5352 punishment H5352? You will not be H5352 free H5352 from H5352 punishment H5352, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the LORD of armies.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:11

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‘For I am with you,’ declares the LORD, ‘to save you;

For I will completely destroy all the nations where I have scattered you,

Only I will not destroy you completely.

But I will discipline you fairly

And will by H5352 no means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished H5352.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 -

“Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the LORD,

“For I am with you.

For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations

Where I have driven you,

Yet I will not make a complete destruction of you;

But I will correct you properly

And by H5352 no means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished H5352.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:12

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For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, those [fn]who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, so are you the one who will be held H5352 completely H5352 blameless H5352? You will not be held H5352 blameless H5352, but you will certainly drink it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:21 -

And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged,

For the LORD dwells 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 the LORD will by H5352 no means H5352 leave H5352 the guilty unpunished H5352.

In the gale and the storm is His way,

And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the entire [fn]land; everyone who steals certainly will be purged H5352 away according to [fn]the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be purged H5352 away according to [fn]the writing on the other side.
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