זָכַךְ
zâkak · zaw-kak'
to be transparent or clean (phys. or morally)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2135 (זָכָה));
to be transparent or clean (phys. or morally)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be (make) clean, be pure(-r).
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
- 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 › the open hand that covers
To cut, to sustain of the open hand that covers of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָכַךְ 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- so clean1 · 25%
- are not clean1 · 25%
- are not pure1 · 25%
- were purer1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
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.