נָקִי naqi
Hebrew word for “innocent” · Strong’s H5355 · used 43 times in 42 verses
Meaning
1) clean, free from, exempt, clear, innocent;
Senses in the lexicon
- innocent (41)
- innocent (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for naqi in context, with how often each is used:
- innocent 27
- free 4
- innocent person 4
- will be free 2
- innocent ones 2
- will be free from guilt 1
- exempt person 1
- person innocent 1
- innocent one 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Job | 6 | 0.7 | |
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Joshua | 3 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 4 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Joshua 2 (3), Deuteronomy 19 (2), Deuteronomy 21 (2), Job 22 (2), Jeremiah 22 (2), Genesis 24 (1), Genesis 44 (1), Exodus 21 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Numbers 32 (1)
Forms
- נקי 25
- נקים 6
- הנקי 4
- ונקי 3
- נקיים 2
- נקיא 2
- לנקי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with naqi more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דָּם dam “blood” 23
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 10
- אִם im “if” 7
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 6
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 6
- צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 4
- אַל al “not” 5
- זֶה zeh “this” 6
- יָשָׁר yashar “upright” 3
- שָׂמַח samach “to rejoice” 3
- שָׁבַע shava “to swear” 3
- כַּף kaph “palm” 3
Key verses
The verses using naqi that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 19:5 — For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice:…
- 2 Kings 21:16 — Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing…
- Psalms 15:5 — He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
- Psalms 24:4 — He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
- Proverbs 1:11 — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
- Proverbs 6:17 — A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
- Isaiah 59:7 — Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
- Jeremiah 2:34 — Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
- Jeremiah 7:6 — If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
- Jeremiah 19:4 — Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known,…
- Jeremiah 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the…
- Jeremiah 22:17 — But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
See all 42 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.