נָקִיnâqîy
נָקִי: clean, free from, exempt
Pronunciation: naw-kee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5355
Meanings
1. free from guilt, clean, innocent (Exodus 23:7; Job 4:7; Job 17:8)
2. free from punishment (Exodus 21:28; 2 Samuel 14:9)
3. free, exempt from obligations (Genesis 44:10; Numbers 32:22; Deuteronomy 24:5)
נָקִיא: innocent (Joel 4:19; Jonah 1:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 43 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 24:41 Then you will have fulfilled your obligation. But if you go to my relatives and they refuse to let her go with you, you will be free from my oath.’
- Genesis 44:10 “That’s fair,” the man replied. “But only the one who stole the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may go free.”
- Exodus 21:28 “If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its flesh may not be eaten. In such a case, however, the owner will not be held liable.
- Exodus 23:7 “Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.
- Numbers 32:22 then you may return when the Lord has conquered the land. You will have fulfilled your duty to the Lord and to the rest of the people of Israel. And the land on the east side of the Jordan will be your property from the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 19:10 That way you will prevent the death of innocent people in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession. You will not be held responsible for the death of innocent people.
See every passage
- Genesis 24:41, 44:10
- Exodus 21:28, 23:7
- Numbers 32:22
- Deuteronomy 19:10, 19:13, 21:8, 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
- Job 4:7, 9:23, 17:8, 22:19, 22:30, 27:17
- Psalms 10:8, 15:5, 24:4, 94:21, 106:38
- Proverbs 1:11, 6:17
- Isaiah 59:7
- Jeremiah 2:34, 7:6, 19:4, 22:3, 22:17, 26:15
- Joel 3:19
- Jonah 1:14
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).