5356. niqqayon

Lexicon

niqqayon: Innocence, cleanness, purity

Original Word: נִקָּיוֹן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: niqqayown
Pronunciation: nik-kaw-yone'
Phonetic Spelling: (nik-kaw-yone')
Definition: Innocence, cleanness, purity
Meaning: clearness

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cleanness, innocence

Or niqqayon {nik-kaw-yone'}; from naqah; clearness (literally or figuratively) -- cleanness, innocency.

see HEBREW naqah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from naqah
Definition
innocency
NASB Translation
cleanness (1), innocence (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נִקָּיוֺן noun [masculine] innocency; — ׳נ Psalm 26:6; Psalm 73:13; נִקָּיֹן Hosea 8:5; construct נִקְּיוֺן Amos 4:6; נִקְיֹן Genesis 20:5; —

1 freedom from guilt, innocency: כַּמַּי ׳נ Genesis 20:5 (R^JE); דַּמָּ֑י ׳אֶרְחַץ בנ Psalm 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocency = Psalm 73:13.

2 freedom from punishment Hosea 8:5.

3 in physical sense, נִקְיוֺם שִׁנַּיִם cleanness of teeth (without food) Amos 4:6 (but read perhaps after ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 קַהֲיוֺן bluntness, so Lag^{BN 201}).

[קֵהָיוֺן] noun [masculine] bluntness (Lag^{BN 201}); — read perhaps construct קִהְיוֺן Amos 4:6 (for נִקְיוֺן; see נִקָּיוֺן).

קהל (√ of following; compare Sabean קהל, קהלת assembly, congregation DHM^{ZMG xxx (1876), 685} Hom^{Chrest. 127}; Saho kahal, come together, assemble Reinisch^{Saho Spr. 210}; Syriac assemble, Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , λαός; Late Hebrew Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; Lag^{BN 51} compare Arabic rebuke, and conjecture קָהָל = 'Rügegericht').

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root נָקָה (naqah), which means to be clean or pure.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G121 (ἀθῷος, athoios): Meaning innocent or guiltless, often used in the New Testament to describe someone who is free from blame or sin.
• G1343 (δικαιοσύνη, dikaiosynē): Meaning righteousness or justice, this term is used extensively in the New Testament to denote the quality of being morally right or justifiable, often in relation to God's standards.

These Greek terms reflect similar themes of innocence and righteousness found in the Hebrew concept of נִקָּיוֹן, emphasizing a state of moral purity and alignment with divine law.

Usage: The word נִקָּיוֹן is used in the context of moral and spiritual purity, often implying innocence or blamelessness. It is a rare term in the Hebrew Bible, emphasizing the concept of being untainted or free from sin.

Context: נִקָּיוֹן (niqqayon) appears in the Hebrew Bible to describe a state of purity or innocence, often in a moral or spiritual sense. This term is closely related to the concept of being cleansed from sin or guilt, reflecting a condition of righteousness before God. The root נָקָה (naqah) from which נִקָּיוֹן is derived, is frequently used in the Hebrew Scriptures to describe the act of being acquitted or declared innocent. The idea of clearness or purity is central to the biblical understanding of holiness and righteousness, where individuals or objects are set apart for divine purposes, free from defilement. In the broader biblical narrative, purity is not only a physical state but also a spiritual condition that aligns with God's standards of holiness.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן בנקיון וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן ובנקין נִקְי֤וֹן נִקָּיֹֽן׃ נקיון נקין׃ bə·niq·qā·yō·wn benikkaYon bəniqqāyōwn nikkaYon nikYon niq·qā·yōn niq·yō·wn niqqāyōn niqyōwn ū·ḇə·niq·yōn ūḇəniqyōn uvenikYon

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 20:5
HEB: בְּתָם־ לְבָבִ֛י וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן כַּפַּ֖י עָשִׂ֥יתִי
NAS: of my heart and the innocence of my hands
KJV: of my heart and innocency of my hands
INT: the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have done

Psalm 26:6
HEB: אֶרְחַ֣ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּ֑י וַאֲסֹבְבָ֖ה
NAS: my hands in innocence, And I will go about
KJV: mine hands in innocency: so will I compass
INT: shall wash innocence my hands will go

Psalm 73:13
HEB: לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּֽי׃
NAS: And washed my hands in innocence;
KJV: and washed my hands in innocency.
INT: my heart And washed innocence my hands

Hosea 8:5
HEB: לֹ֥א יוּכְל֖וּ נִקָּיֹֽן׃
NAS: will they be incapable of innocence?
KJV: they attain to innocency?
INT: ere attain cleanness

Amos 4:6
HEB: נָתַ֨תִּי לָכֶ֜ם נִקְי֤וֹן שִׁנַּ֙יִם֙ בְּכָל־
NAS: you also cleanness of teeth
KJV: And I also have given you cleanness of teeth
INT: I gave cleanness of teeth all

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5356
5 Occurrences

bə·niq·qā·yō·wn — 2 Occ.
niq·qā·yōn — 1 Occ.
niq·yō·wn — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·niq·yōn — 1 Occ.