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נָקָה

nâqâh · Hebrew · Strong's H5352 · 44 occurrences

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.

Where it appears

44 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 33 verses shown.

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.