Naqi נָקִי

Naqi (Hebrew נָקִי, Strong's H5355) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “innocent”. It occurs 43 times in 42 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5355A: innocent

H5355B: innocent

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Naqi, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 24:41
  Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
• Genesis 44:10
  And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.“As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”

Exodus

• Exodus 21:28
  If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
• Exodus 23:7
  Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Numbers

• Numbers 32:22
  And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 19:10
  That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
• Deuteronomy 19:13
  Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
• Deuteronomy 21:8
  Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
• Deuteronomy 21:9
  So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
• Deuteronomy 24:5
  When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
• Deuteronomy 27:25
  Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Joshua

• Joshua 2:17
  And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear
• Joshua 2:19
  And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
• Joshua 2:20
  And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 19:5
  For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 3:28
  And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
• 2 Samuel 14:9
  And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 15:22
  Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 21:16
  Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 2 Kings 24:4
  And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

Job

• Job 4:7
  Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
• Job 9:23
  If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
• Job 17:8
  Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
• Job 22:19
  The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
• Job 22:30
  He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
• Job 27:17
  He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

Psalms

• Psalm 10:8
  He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
• Psalm 15:5
  He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
• Psalm 24:4
  He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
• Psalm 94:21
  They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
• Psalm 106:38
  And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:11
  If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Proverbs 6:17
  A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Isaiah

• Isaiah 59:7
  Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 2:34
  Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
• Jeremiah 7:6
  If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
• Jeremiah 19:4
  Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
• Jeremiah 22:3
  Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
• Jeremiah 22:17
  But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
• Jeremiah 26:15
  But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

Joel

• Joel 3:19
  Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Jonah

• Jonah 1:14
  Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).