H2141: זָכַךְ
zâkak · pronounced zaw-kak' · “be clean”
Definition
to be transparent or clean (phys. or morally)
KJV translates it as: be (make) clean, be pure(-r).
Word origin: a primitive root (compare H2135 (זָכָה));
Extended 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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2141 is translated
- they are pure ×2
- i cleansed ×1
- they were bright ×1
Bible verses with H2141 (zâkak)
Zâkak appears in 4 verses.
- Job 9:30
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
- Job 15:15
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
- Job 25:5
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
- Lamentations 4:7
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: