Nâqîy — H5355

H5355 · Hebrew — נקי

Pronunciation: naw-kee'

Other spellings: nâqîyʼ נָקִיא

Definition

adjective

innocent

  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

Usually translated as

innocent, guiltless, blameless, quit, clean, clear, exempted, free

Origin

or nâqîyʼ; (Joel 4:19; Jonah [1:14), from H5352

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Nâqîy occurs 43 times in 42 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (2), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (6), Joshua (3), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), Job (6), Psalms (5), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (6), Joel (1), Jonah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — N