זַךְ
zak · zak
clear
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2141 (זָכַךְ);
clear
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: clean, pure.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the open hand that covers
To cut, to sustain of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זַךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is pure2 · 18%
- thee pure1 · 9%
- with pure1 · 9%
- unto thee pure1 · 9%
- pure1 · 9%
- if thou wert pure1 · 9%
- i am clean1 · 9%
- are clean1 · 9%
- be pure1 · 9%
- but as for the pure1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.