- Original: נקה - Transliteration: Naqah - Phonetic: naw-kaw' - Definition: 1. to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off a. (Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure b. (Niphal) 1. to be cleaned out, be purged out 2. to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent 3. to be free, be exempt from punishment 4. to be free, be exempt from obligation c. (Piel) 1. to hold innocent, acquit 2. to leave unpunished - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1412 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare that is extirpated: - acquit X at all X altogether be blameless cleanse (be) clear (-ing) cut off be desolate be free be (hold) guiltless be (hold) innocent X by no means be quit be (leave) unpunished X utterly X wholly. Total KJV Occurrences: 44 • acquit, 3 Job 10:14; Nahum 1:3(2) • blameless, 1 Judges 15:3 • cleanse, 2 Psalm 19:12; Joel 3:21 • cleansed, 1 Joel 3:21 • clear, 4 Genesis 24:8; Genesis 24:41; Exodus 34:7(2) • clearing, 2 Numbers 14:18(2) • desolate, 1 Isaiah 3:26 • free, 2 Numbers 5:19; Numbers 5:28 • guiltless, 5 Exodus 20:7; Numbers 5:31; Deuteronomy 5:11; 1 Samuel 26:9; 1 Kings 2:9 • innocent, 5 Job 9:28; Psalm 19:13; Proverbs 6:29; Proverbs 28:20; Jeremiah 2:35 • off, 2 Zechariah 5:3(2) • quit, 1 Exodus 21:19 • unpunished, 14 Proverbs 11:21; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 19:9; Jeremiah 25:29(3); Jeremiah 30:11(2); Jeremiah 46:28; Jeremiah 49:12(3) • wholly, 1 Jeremiah 46:28