זַךְzak
pure, clean
Pronunciation: zak · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2134
Meanings
1. literally, pure, i.e. unmixed, free from foreign substances (Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2; Exodus 30:34)
2. pure, clean, righteous (Job 8:6; Job 33:9; Proverbs 21:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 27:20 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Exodus 30:34 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather fragrant spices—resin droplets, mollusk shell, and galbanum—and mix these fragrant spices with pure frankincense, weighed out in equal amounts.
- Leviticus 24:2 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Leviticus 24:7 Put some pure frankincense near each stack to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the Lord.
- Job 8:6 and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
- Job 11:4 You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,’ and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.’
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).