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title: נִקָּיוֹן — innocency · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִקָּיוֹן (5356), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: innocency. BDB 1906: innocency. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִקָּיוֹן

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«נִקָּיוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **innocency** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 5356 · **BDB:** נִקָּיוֹן

### Glosses

innocence (3); cleanness (1); the.innocence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

innocency [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5356/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

innocency [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5356/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] innocency;—נ׳ ψ 26:6; 73:13; נִקָּיֹן Ho 8:5; cstr. נִקְּיוֹן Am 4:6; נִקְיֹן Gn 20:5;— freedom from guilt, innocency: נ׳ כַּפַּי Gn 20:5 (RJE); אֶרְחַץ בנ׳ כַּפָּ֑י ψ 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocency = 73:13. freedom from punishment Ho 8:5. in physical sense, נִקְיוֹן שִׁנַּיִם cleanness of teeth (without food) Am 4:6 (but read perhaps after 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 קַהֲיוֹן bluntness, so LagBN 201).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִקָּיוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5356/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 26:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.26.6/)

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אֶרְחַ֣ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּ֑י וַאֲסֹבְבָ֖ה אֶת־מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* I.wash in innocence palms my and I.go.around (et) altar your O.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O LORD,

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[Psalms 73:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.13/)

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אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* surely emptiness I.have.kept.pure heart my and I.have.washed in innocence palms my

*JPS 1917:* Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;

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