נָקִי
nâqîy · naw-kee'
innocent
Lexicon
Derivation: or נָקִיא; (Joel 4:19; Jonah [1:14), from H5352 (נָקָה);
innocent
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works
The seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָקִי 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
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- innocent8 · 21%
- and the innocent3 · 8%
- the guilt of innocent2 · 5%
- not innocent2 · 5%
- of the innocent2 · 5%
- the innocent2 · 5%
- not upon us innocent2 · 5%
- not thee one, thou shalt be clear1 · 3%
- and ye shall be blameless1 · 3%
- shall be quit1 · 3%
- and be guiltless1 · 3%
- that innocent1 · 3%
- but he shall be free1 · 3%
- an innocent1 · 3%
- unto her, we will be blameless1 · 3%
- and we will be guiltless1 · 3%
- then we will be quit1 · 3%
- against innocent1 · 3%
- are guiltless1 · 3%
- be guiltless1 · 3%
- none was exempted1 · 3%
- and also for the innocent1 · 3%
- with innocent1 · 3%
- being innocent1 · 3%
- at this, and the innocent1 · 3%
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.