Niqqavon נִקָּיוֹן
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| נִקָּיוֹן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | niqqavon |
| Strong's number | H5356 (H5356A, H5356B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | innocence |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (2) |
Niqqavon (Hebrew נִקָּיוֹן, Strong's H5356) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “innocence”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H5356A: innocence
1) innocency
1a) freedom from guilt, innocency
1b) freedom from punishment
1c) cleanness of teeth (physical sense)
1a) freedom from guilt, innocency
1b) freedom from punishment
1c) cleanness of teeth (physical sense)
H5356B: bluntness
bluntness)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | innocency (4), cleanness (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | innocence (4), cleanness (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Niqqavon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 20:5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
Psalms
- Psalm 26:6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
- Psalm 73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
Hosea
- Hosea 8:5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Amos
- Amos 4:6And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
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).