2136. zaku

Lexicon

zaku: To be pure, clean, clear

Original Word: זָכוּ
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: zakuw
Pronunciation: zah-KOO
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-koo')
KJV: innocency
NASB: innocent
Word Origin: [(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H2135 (זָכָה - blameless)]

1. purity

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

innocence

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to zakah; purity -- innocency.

see HEBREW zakah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to zakah
Definition
purity, innocence
NASB Translation
innocent (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

זָכוּ (K^{§ 61, 4}) noun feminine purity, innocence (compare Biblical Hebrew זָכָה, also ᵑ7 דְּכָא, Syriac be clean (Arabic is be bright (of fire), acute (of mind), etc.), or Arabic . be pure, good, ᵑ7 זְכָא, Syriac be pure, innocent; are these forms with ז secondary? or ancient "" ?); — absolute ׳ז Daniel 6:13 innocence in God's sight.

Forms and Transliterations

זָכוּ֙ זכו zā·ḵū zaChu zāḵū

Englishman's Concordance

Daniel 6:22
HEB: דִּ֤י קָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙ זָכוּ֙ הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת לִ֔י
NAS: as I was found innocent before
KJV: before him innocency was found
INT: forasmuch before innocent was found and also

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 2136
1 Occurrence

zā·ḵū — 1 Occ.