Hebrew word study

נָקָהnâqâh to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively)

Pronounced “naw-kaw'

to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated

Translated in the King James as: 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.

Appears 42 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 1×
Genesis 24:8
Exodus 3×
Exodus 20:7Exodus 21:19Exodus 34:7
Numbers 5×
Numbers 5:19Numbers 5:28Numbers 5:31Numbers 14:18+ 1 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 1×
Deuteronomy 5:11
Judges 1×
Judges 15:3
1 Samuel 1×
1 Sam 26:9
1 Kings 1×
1 Ki 2:9
Job 2×
Job 9:28Job 10:14
Psalms 2×
Psalms 19:12Psalms 19:13
Proverbs 7×
Proverbs 6:29Proverbs 11:21Proverbs 16:5Proverbs 17:5Proverbs 19:5Proverbs 19:9Proverbs 28:20
Isaiah 1×
Isaiah 3:26
Jeremiah 11×
Jeremiah 2:35Jeremiah 25:29Jeremiah 30:11Jeremiah 46:28Jeremiah 49:12+ 6 more in Jeremiah
Joel 2×
Joel 3:21+ 1 more in Joel
Nahum 2×
Nahum 1:3+ 1 more in Nahum
Zechariah 2×
Zech 5:3+ 1 more in Zechariah

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