1) to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off
1a) (Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be cleaned out, be purged out
1b2) to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent
1b3) to be free, be exempt from punishment
1b4) to be free, be exempt from obligation
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to hold innocent, acquit
1c2) to leave unpunished
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1412
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נָקָה]
verbbe empty(?), clean (Ecclus 16:11b Niph`al
Imperfectינקהbe unpunished, so Ecclesiasticus 40:15; Ecclesiasticus 31:5=
Proverbs 28:20; Late Hebrew Pi`el=Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic
נְקָא Pa`el=Biblical Hebrew, adjective
נְקֵאclean; Phoenician
נקי adjective
pure; Palmyrene
נקאbe clean (perhaps) in proper name Sachau
ZMG xxxv (1881), 735 Lzb
325; Assyrian
nâkû,
pour out, pour libation, make offering,
nikû,
libation, offering; Old Aramaic
נקיה perhaps=
נוּקָיָהlibation (Lzb
326), compare Syriac

Cook
83; Syriac

Pa`el
pour out, make a libation; on the other hand, Arabic
purus, mundus fuit Kam Frey; II.
cleanse, etc., Lane
3037. — Original meaning probably
empty out, hence
pour and
be empty, clean);
**ᵑ7נְקָא Pa`el=
cleanse (with lye)
Isaiah 1:25; adjective
נְקֵאclean of bread or fruit
Genesis 40:16ᵑ7J i,
Deuteronomy 6:3ᵑ7J ii,=
exempt (Biblical Hebrew
נָקִי)
1 Kings 15:22. —
QalInfinitive absoluteנָקֹהJeremiah 49:12 (נָקֹה תִּנָּקֶה, probably error for ׳הנקה ת, compare Jeremiah 25:29).
Niph`alPerfect3masculine singular נִקָּהZechariah 5:3 5t.; feminine נִקְּתָהNumbers 5:28; נִקָּ֑תָהIsaiah 3:26; 2masculine singular נִקֵּיתָGenesis 24:8; 1singular נִקֵּיתִיJudges 15:3 2t.; ImperfectיִנָקֶהProverbs 6:29 6t.; 2 masculine singular תִּנָּקֶהGenesis 24:41 2t.; plural תִּנָּקוּJeremiah 25:29 (twice in verse); ImperativeהִנָּקֹיNumbers 5:19; InfinitiveהִנָּקִהJeremiah 25:29; —
1be cleaned out, of a plundered city Isaiah 3:26; purged out, of liars and perjurers Zechariah 5:3 (twice in verse).
2be clean, free from guilt, innocent, Jeremiah 2:35 with מִן, מִמֶּשַׁעPsalm 19:14; מֵעָוֺןNumbers 5:31(P); מִמְּלִשְׁתִּיםfrom (at the hands of) the PhilistinesJudges 15:3.
3be free, exempt from punishment, absolute Exodus 21:19 (E) Numbers 5:28 (P) 1 Samuel 26:9; לֹא יִנָּקֶהProverbs 6:29; Proverbs 11:21; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 19:5,9; Proverbs 28:20; Jeremiah 25:29 (3 t. in verse); Jeremiah 49:12 b, נָקֹה תִּנָּקֶהJeremiah 49:12 a.
4free, exempt from obligation, with מִן, from oaths Genesis 24:8,41 (J); מִמֵּי הַמָּרִים from effects of drinking the bitter water Numbers 5:19 (P).
PielPerfect1singular נִקֵּיתִיJoshua 4:21 (ᵐ5ᵑ6נִקַּמְתִּי; so Now SS Buhl); Imperfect3masculine singular יְנַקֶּהExodus 20:7 2t.; יְנַקֵּ֑הNumbers 14:18; Nahum 1:3; 2masculine singular suffix תְּנַקֵּנִיJob 9:28; Job 10:14; תְּנַקֵּהוּ1 Kings 2:9; 1singular suffix אֲנַקֶּ֑ךָּJeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 46:28; Imperative suffix נַקֵּנִיPsalm 19:13; Infinitive absoluteנַקֵּהExodus 34:7 4t.; —
1. hold innocent, acquit, Job 9:28; מֵעֲוֺנִיJob 10:4; מִנִּסְתּרוֺתPsalm 19:13.
2leave unpunished: of man, with accusative 1 Kings 2:9; elsewhere of God: absolute נַקֵּה לאֹ יְנַקֶּהExodus 34:7 (twice in verse)=Numbers 14:18 (twice in verse) (all J)=Nahum 1:3 (twice in verse); with accusative לאֹ יְנַקֶּהExodus 20:7=Deuteronomy 5:11; נַקֵּה לאֹ אֲנַקֶּךָּJeremiah 30:11 (twice in verse)=Jeremiah 46:28 (twice in verse), compare Joel 4:21 (twice in verse) (but see above).
Strong's Hebrew: 5352. נָקָה (naqah) — 44 Occurrences
Genesis 24:8
HEB:לָלֶ֣כֶת אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְנִקִּ֕יתָ מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י זֹ֑את
NAS: to follow you, then you will be free from this
KJV: thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath:
INT: along thee will be free my oath likewise
Genesis 24:41
HEB: אָ֤ז תִּנָּקֶה֙ מֵאָ֣לָתִ֔י כִּ֥י
NAS: then you will be free from my oath,
KJV:Then shalt thou be clear from [this] my oath,
INT: then will be free my oath when
Exodus 20:7
HEB:כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יְנַקֶּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת
NAS: for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who
KJV: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh
INT: for will not leave the LORD who
Exodus 21:19
HEB:עַל־ מִשְׁעַנְתּ֖וֹ וְנִקָּ֣ה הַמַּכֶּ֑ה רַ֥ק
NAS: then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only
KJV: then shall he that smote [him] be quit: only he shall pay
INT: on his staff shall go struck but
Exodus 34:7
HEB:וָפֶ֖שַׁע וְחַטָּאָ֑ה וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה
NAS: yet He will by no means leave [the guilty] unpunished,
KJV: and sin, and that will by no means clear
INT: transgression and sin means no leave
Exodus 34:7
HEB:וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה פֹּקֵ֣ד ׀ עֲוֹ֣ן
NAS: means leave [the guilty] unpunished, visiting
KJV: and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting
INT: means no leave visiting the iniquity
Numbers 5:19
HEB:תַּ֣חַת אִישֵׁ֑ךְ הִנָּקִ֕י מִמֵּ֛י הַמָּרִ֥ים
NAS: [the authority of] your husband, be immune to this
KJV: [with another] instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter
INT: under your husband be immune water of bitterness
Numbers 5:28
HEB:וּטְהֹרָ֖ה הִ֑וא וְנִקְּתָ֖ה וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה זָֽרַע׃
NAS: herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive
KJV: but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive
INT: clean she will then be free and conceive children
Numbers 5:31
HEB: וְנִקָּ֥ה הָאִ֖ישׁ מֵעָוֹ֑ן
NAS: Moreover, the man will be free from guilt,
KJV: Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity,
INT:will be free the man guilt
Numbers 14:18
HEB:עָוֹ֖ן וָפָ֑שַׁע וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה
NAS: but He will by no means clear
KJV: and transgression, and by no means clearing
INT: iniquity and transgression means no clear
Numbers 14:18
HEB:וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה פֹּקֵ֞ד עֲוֹ֤ן
NAS: means clear [the guilty], visiting
KJV: and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting
INT: means no clear visiting the iniquity
Deuteronomy 5:11
HEB:כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יְנַקֶּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת
NAS: for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who
KJV: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh
INT: for will not leave the LORD who
Judges 15:3
HEB:לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן נִקֵּ֥יתִי הַפַּ֖עַם מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים
NAS: to them, This time I shall be blameless in regard
KJV: concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines,
INT: said Samson shall be blameless This to the Philistines
1 Samuel 26:9
HEB:בִּמְשִׁ֥יחַ יְהוָ֖ה וְנִקָּֽה׃ פ
NAS: anointed and be without guilt?
KJV: anointed, and be guiltless?
INT: anointed the LORD'S and be without
1 Kings 2:9
HEB:וְעַתָּה֙ אַל־ תְּנַקֵּ֔הוּ כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ
NAS: Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise
KJV:Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou [art] a wise
INT: Now nay go for man
Job 9:28
HEB:כִּי־ לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃
NAS: I know that You will not acquit me.
KJV: I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
INT: for you will not acquit
Job 10:14
HEB:וּ֝מֵעֲוֹנִ֗י לֹ֣א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃
NAS: then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt.
KJV: then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
INT: of my guilt not acquit
Psalm 19:12
HEB:יָבִ֑ין מִֽנִּסְתָּר֥וֹת נַקֵּֽנִי׃
NAS: [his] errors? Acquit me of hidden
KJV: [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret
INT: discern of hidden acquit
Psalm 19:13
HEB:אָ֣ז אֵיתָ֑ם וְ֝נִקֵּ֗יתִי מִפֶּ֥שַֽׁע רָֽב׃
NAS: I will be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great
KJV: over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great
INT: Then will be blameless shall be acquitted transgression of great
Proverbs 6:29
HEB:רֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹ֥א יִ֝נָּקֶ֗ה כָּֽל־ הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ
NAS: touches her will not go unpunished.
KJV: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
INT: to his neighbor's her will not go Whoever touches
Proverbs 11:21
HEB:לְ֭יָד לֹא־ יִנָּ֣קֶה רָּ֑ע וְזֶ֖רַע
NAS: the evil man will not go unpunished, But the descendants
KJV: the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed
INT: Assuredly will not go the evil the descendants
Proverbs 16:5
HEB:לְ֝יָ֗ד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃
NAS: Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.
KJV: [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
INT: Assuredly not will not be unpunished
Proverbs 17:5
HEB:לְ֝אֵ֗יד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃
NAS: at calamity will not go unpunished.
KJV: at calamities shall not be unpunished.
INT: calamity will not go
Proverbs 19:5
HEB:שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֥יחַ כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים
NAS: witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells
KJV: witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh
INT: A false will not go tells lies
Proverbs 19:9
HEB:שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֖יחַ כְּזָבִ֣ים
NAS: witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells
KJV: witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh
INT: A false will not go tells lies
Proverbs 28:20
HEB:לְ֝הַעֲשִׁ֗יר לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃
NAS: to be rich will not go unpunished.
KJV: to be rich shall not be innocent.
INT: to be rich will not go
Isaiah 3:26
HEB:וְאָבְל֖וּ פְּתָחֶ֑יהָ וְנִקָּ֖תָה לָאָ֥רֶץ תֵּשֵֽׁב׃
NAS: and mourn, And deserted she will sit
KJV: and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit
INT: and mourn gates and deserted the ground will sit
Jeremiah 2:35
HEB:וַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙ כִּ֣י נִקֵּ֔יתִי אַ֛ךְ שָׁ֥ב
NAS: Yet you said, 'I am innocent; Surely
KJV: Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger
INT: said for I am innocent Surely is turned
Jeremiah 25:29
HEB:לְהָרַ֔ע וְאַתֶּ֖ם הִנָּקֵ֣ה תִנָּק֑וּ לֹ֣א
NAS: by My name, and shall you be completely free
KJV: by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished?
INT: to work you and shall you be completely free from
Jeremiah 25:29
HEB:וְאַתֶּ֖ם הִנָּקֵ֣ה תִנָּק֑וּ לֹ֣א תִנָּק֔וּ
NAS: and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment;
KJV: and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished:
INT: you and shall you be completely free from punishment
Jeremiah 25:29
HEB:תִנָּק֑וּ לֹ֣א תִנָּק֔וּ כִּ֣י חֶ֗רֶב
NAS: free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for I am summoning
KJV: unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call
INT: free from punishment for A sword
Jeremiah 30:11
HEB:וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט וְנַקֵּ֖ה לֹ֥א אֲנַקֶּֽךָּ׃
NAS: And will by no means leave you unpunished.'
KJV: thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
INT: will chasten justly means no leave
Jeremiah 30:11
HEB:וְנַקֵּ֖ה לֹ֥א אֲנַקֶּֽךָּ׃ פ
NAS: means leave you unpunished.'
KJV: and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
INT: means no leave
Jeremiah 46:28
HEB:וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט וְנַקֵּ֖ה לֹ֥א אֲנַקֶּֽךָּ׃
NAS: And by no means leave you unpunished.
KJV: thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
INT: will correct properly means no leave
Jeremiah 46:28
HEB:וְנַקֵּ֖ה לֹ֥א אֲנַקֶּֽךָּ׃ ס
NAS: And by no means leave you unpunished.
KJV: yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
INT: means no leave
Jeremiah 49:12
HEB:וְאַתָּ֣ה ה֔וּא נָקֹ֖ה תִּנָּקֶ֑ה לֹ֣א
NAS: [it], and are you the one who will be completely acquitted?
KJV: drunken; and [art] thou he [that] shall altogether go unpunished?
INT: you the one will be completely will be completely not
Jeremiah 49:12
HEB:ה֔וּא נָקֹ֖ה תִּנָּקֶ֑ה לֹ֣א תִנָּקֶ֔ה
NAS: who will be completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted,
KJV: and [art] thou he [that] shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished,
INT: the one will be completely will be completely not will be completely
Jeremiah 49:12
HEB:תִּנָּקֶ֑ה לֹ֣א תִנָּקֶ֔ה כִּ֥י שָׁתֹ֖ה
NAS: acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly
KJV: go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely
INT: will be completely not will be completely for will certainly
Joel 3:21
HEB: וְנִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣ם לֹֽא־
NAS:And I will avenge their blood
KJV:For I will cleanse their blood
INT:will avenge their blood have not
Joel 3:21
HEB:דָּמָ֣ם לֹֽא־ נִקֵּ֑יתִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן
NAS: their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD
KJV: their blood [that] I have not cleansed: for the LORD
INT: their blood have not avenged the LORD dwells
Nahum 1:3
HEB:כֹּ֔חַ ק) וְנַקֵּ֖ה לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֑ה
NAS: will by no means leave [the guilty] unpunished.
KJV: in power, and will not at all acquit
INT: and great and great means no leave
Nahum 1:3
HEB:וְנַקֵּ֖ה לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֑ה יְהוָ֗ה בְּסוּפָ֤ה
NAS: means leave [the guilty] unpunished. In whirlwind
KJV: and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD
INT: means no leave and the LORD whirlwind
Zechariah 5:3
HEB:מִזֶּה֙ כָּמ֣וֹהָ נִקָּ֔ה וְכָל־ הַנִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔ע
NAS: who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side,
KJV: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this side according
INT: This according will be purged and everyone swears
Zechariah 5:3
HEB:מִזֶּ֖ה כָּמ֥וֹהָ נִקָּֽה׃
NAS: who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.
KJV: to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off [as] on that side according
INT: one according will be purged