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# innocency

«innocency» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Being free from guilt or blame; clean, honest behavior** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Being free from guilt or blame; clean, honest behavior. An old word for innocence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/innocency/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Abimelech uses it to say he did no wrong, because he did not know Sarah was Abraham's wife. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as a claim of clean hands and a pure heart. God agrees that Abimelech acted in the integrity of his heart.

### examples

- In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.' (Torah GEN.20.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/innocency/#x1)
- Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency; (Writings PSA.73.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/innocency/#x2)
- I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O LORD, (Writings PSA.26.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/innocency/#x3)
- Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off; Mine anger is kindled against them; how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? (Prophets HOS.8.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/innocency/#x4)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.526/)
- [I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O LORD,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.387/)
- [Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1232/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «innocency» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/innocency/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.