נָקָה naqah
Hebrew word for “to clear” · Strong’s H5352 · used 44 times in 33 verses
Meaning
1) to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off;
How it is translated
Glosses given for naqah in context, with how often each is used:
- will leave unpunished 7
- will go unpunished 7
- certainly 6
- will be free 5
- will acquit 2
- will you be exempt from punishment? 2
- will be exempt from punishment 2
- will be purged 2
- will be free from guilt 1
- leaves unpunished 1
- free 1
- will he be free from guilt? 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 11 | 0.5 | |
| Proverbs | 7 | 1.0 | |
| Numbers | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Joel | 2 | 2.1 | |
| Nahum | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 3 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 5 (3), Genesis 24 (2), Psalms 19 (2), Proverbs 19 (2), Exodus 20 (1), Exodus 21 (1), Exodus 34 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Deuteronomy 5 (1), Judges 15 (1)
Forms
- ינקה 12
- ונקה 8
- תנקה 3
- נקיתי 3
- נקה 3
- ונקתה 2
- תנקני 2
- ונקיתי 2
- תנקו 2
- אנקך 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with naqah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אִם im “if” 6
- עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 4
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 5
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 5
- רִבֵּעַ ribbea “fourth” 2
- שִׁלֵּשׁ shillesh “third” 2
- פֶּשַׁע pesah “transgression” 3
- פּוּחַ puach “to breathe” 2
- אַל al “not” 4
- אָרֵךְ arekh “slow” 2
- כָּלָה kalah “consumption” 2
- אֲנִי ani “I” 4
Key verses
The verses using naqah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 20:7 — Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
- Exodus 34:7 — Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers…
- Numbers 14:18 — The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers…
- Psalms 19:12 — Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
- Proverbs 17:5 — Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
- Proverbs 19:5 — A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
- Proverbs 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
- Jeremiah 25:29 — For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a…
- Jeremiah 30:11 — For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of…
- Jeremiah 46:28 — Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not…
- Nahum 1:3 — The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust…
- Zechariah 5:3 — Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side…
See all 33 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.