נִקָּיוֹן
niq.qa.voninnocenceHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine5 occurrences4 books5 verses
Definition
or נִקָּיֹן; from H5352; clearness (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: cleanness, innocency.
Traditional renderings: cleanness, innocency.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נִקָּיוֹן:
- ἀθῷοςathōos“innocent”67%
- δικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē“righteousness”33%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Genesis 20:5וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן · and the innocenceDidn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
- Psalm 26:6בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן · in innocenceI wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
- Psalm 73:13בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן · in innocenceSurely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
- Hosea 8:5נִקָּיֹֽן׃ · of innocenceHe has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
- Amos 4:6נִקְי֤וֹן · with cleanness“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.