Zakhakh זָכַךְ
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| זָכַךְ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | zakhakh |
| Strong's number | H2141 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | be clean |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (3) |
Zakhakh (Hebrew זָכַךְ, Strong's H2141) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be clean”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be pure, be bright, be clean, be bright, clean
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be bright, be shining
1a2) to be clean, be pure
1b) (Hiphil) to cleanse, make cleanse, make clean
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be bright, be shining
1a2) to be clean, be pure
1b) (Hiphil) to cleanse, make cleanse, make clean
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | clean (2), pure (1), purer (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | pure (2), cleanse (1), were brighter (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Zakhakh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 9:30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
- Job 15:15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
- Job 25:5Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).