Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5355: נָקִי

nâqîy · pronounced naw-kee' · “innocent”

Definition

innocent

KJV translates it as: blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.

Word origin: or נָקִיא; (Joel 4:19; Jonah [1:14), from H5352 (נָקָה);

Extended definition

1) clean, free from, exempt, clear, innocent
1a) free from guilt, clean, innocent
1b) free from punishment
1c) free or exempt from obligations
Also means: na.qi (נָקִיא "innocent" H5355B)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5355 is translated

  • innocent ×20
  • the innocent ×5
  • free ×4
  • an innocent person ×2
  • innocent person ×2
  • will be free ×2
  • innocent ones ×2
  • will be free from guilt ×1
  • am innocent ×1
  • be innocent ×1
  • was an exempt person ×1
  • a person innocent of ×1

Bible verses with H5355 (nâqîy)

Nâqîy appears in 42 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 27:25

    Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Joshua 2:17

    And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast 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.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Job 4:7

    Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

  • Job 9:23

    If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

  • Job 17:8

    Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

  • Job 22:19

    The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

  • Job 22:30

    He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

All 42 references