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זָכָה
zâkâh · Hebrew · Strong's H2135 · 8 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew words as “cleanse”
What it means
to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent
a primitive root (compare H2141 (זָכַךְ));
How the KJV renders it
be clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“be clean”
also renders zâkak (H2141)
Where it appears
8 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Isaiah 1:16 · HVtv2mp
Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
Job 15:14 · HVqi3ms
What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 25:4 · HVqi3ms
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
Micah 6:11 · HTi/Vqi1cs
Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?
Proverbs 20:9 · HVpp1cs
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
Psalm 51:4 · HVqi2ms
Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
Psalm 73:13 HVpp1csPsalm 119:9 HVpi3ms
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.