Quick Definition
to clean
Strong's Definition
to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2141 (זָכַךְ));
KJV Usage: be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.
TWOT Reference: 549
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
זָכָה (za.khah) — to clean. 1) to be clean, be pure, be clear 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be clean, be pure 1a2) to be clear, be justified 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make clean, make pure, keep clean, keep pure 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to cleanse 1c2) to make yourself clean, purify oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Innocent | verb qal | ≈ צדק
to be just = state in which someone is considered as upright and innocent in character and behavior
Innocent | verb hit | ≈ רחץ
to make clean = action or process by which someone makes him/herself upright and innocent in character and behavior
Innocent | verb pi
to keep clean, to keep pure = process by which someone maintains him/herself upright and innocent in character and behavior
Think | verb qal
to consider just = state in which a deity considers a person to be upright and innocent in character and behavior
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[זָכָה] vb. be clear, clean, pure, alw. in a moral sense Qal be clean, pure
be clear, be justified = be regarded as just, righteous, of God
Pi. make or keep clean, pure
Hithp. make yourselves clean
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