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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 - ‘You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family; for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10 - And he said, “Now also let it be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and you shall be blameless.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - “Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify 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 afterward you may return and be blameless before the LORD and before 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 the midst of your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and thus 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 put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:8 - ‘Provide atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not lay innocent blood to the charge of Your people Israel.’ And atonement shall be provided on their behalf for the blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - “So you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you 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 has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - ‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - So the men said to her: “We will be blameless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - “So it shall be that whoever goes outside the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we will be guiltless. And whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - “And if you tell this business of ours, then we will be free from your oath which you 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 hands and killed the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “My kingdom and I are guiltless before the LORD forever of 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, “My lord, O king, let the iniquity be on me and on my father’s house, and 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 throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for 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 his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:23 - If the scourge slays suddenly,
He laughs at the plight of the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:8 - Upright men are astonished at this,
And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19 - “The righteous see it and are glad,
And the innocent laugh at them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:30 - He will even deliver one who is not innocent;
Yes, he will be delivered by the purity 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 just 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 the lurking places of the villages;
In the secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:5 - He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he 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 has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor sworn deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:21 - They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn innocent blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:38 - And shed 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 to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:17 - A proud look,
A lying tongue,
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 make haste to shed innocent blood;
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and destruction are in their paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:34 - Also on your skirts is found
The blood of the lives of the poor innocents.
I have not found it by secret search,
But plainly on all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - “if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “Because they have forsaken Me and made this an alien place, because they have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this place with the blood of the innocents

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says the LORD: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - “Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:15 - “But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will surely bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - “Egypt shall be a desolation,
And Edom a desolate wilderness,
Because of violence against the people of Judah,
For 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 cried out to the LORD and said, “We pray, O LORD, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O LORD, have done as it pleased You.”
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