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נָקָה
nâqâh · Hebrew · Strong's H5352 · 44 occurrences
The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “cut off”
What it means
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
be blameless, cleanse, clear, cut off, be desolate, be free, be guiltless, be innocent, be quit, be unpunished
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“cut off”
also renders
apokóptō (G609), aphairéō (G851), bâtsar (H1219), gâraz (H1629), châlaph (H2498), tsâmath (H6789), qâçaç (H7082), qâphad (H7088), qᵉtsats (H7113)“clear”
also renders
lamprós (G2986), katharós (G2513), ʼôwr (H216), bar (H1249), yâqâr (H3368), nâqîy (H5355), tsach (H6703)“be desolate”
also renders monóō (G3443), yâsham (H3456)
“be free”
also renders châphash (H2666)
Where it appears
44 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 33 verses shown.
1 Kings 2:9 · HVpj2ms/Sp3ms
Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”
1 Samuel 26:9 · HC/VNq3ms
David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
Deuteronomy 5:11 · HVpi3ms
“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God; for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
Exodus 20:7 · HVpi3ms
“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
Exodus 21:19 · HC/VNq3ms
if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
Exodus 34:7 · HC/Vpa
keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”
Genesis 24:8 HC/VNp2msGenesis 24:41 HVNi2msIsaiah 3:26 HC/VNq3fsJudges 15:3 HVNp1csJeremiah 2:35 HVNp1csJeremiah 25:29 HVNaJeremiah 30:11 HC/VpaJeremiah 46:28 HC/VpaJeremiah 49:12 HVNi2msJob 9:28 HVpi2ms/Sp1csJob 10:14 HVpi2ms/Sp1csJoel 3:21 HC/Vpq1csNahum 1:3 HC/VpaNumbers 5:19 HVNv2fsNumbers 5:28 HC/VNq3fsNumbers 5:31 HC/VNq3msNumbers 14:18 HC/VpaProverbs 6:29 HVNi3msProverbs 11:21 HVNi3msProverbs 16:5 HVNi3msProverbs 17:5 HVNi3msProverbs 19:5 HVNi3msProverbs 19:9 HVNi3msProverbs 28:20 HVNi3msPsalm 19:12 HVpv2ms/Sp1csPsalm 19:13 HC/Vpq1csZechariah 5:3 HVNp3ms
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