5356. niqqayon
Strong's Lexicon
niqqayon: Innocence, cleanness, purity

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

Word Origin: Derived from the root נָקָה (naqah), meaning "to be clean" or "to be free from guilt."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often associated with the concept of innocence or purity is ἁγνός (hagnos), Strong's Greek 53, which also conveys the idea of being pure or chaste.

Usage: The term "niqqayon" is used to denote a state of being free from guilt or moral impurity. It conveys the idea of innocence and purity, often in a legal or moral sense. In the context of the Hebrew Bible, it is associated with the condition of being blameless before God and man.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite society, the concept of purity and innocence was deeply intertwined with religious and legal practices. The Israelites were called to live in a manner that reflected God's holiness, and this included maintaining moral and ritual purity. The idea of innocence was not only a personal moral state but also a communal expectation, as the community's relationship with God depended on their collective purity and adherence to His laws.

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 (RJE); 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 LagBN 201).

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

קהל (√ of following; compare Sabean קהל, קהלת assembly, congregation DHMZMG xxx (1876), 685 HomChrest. 127; Saho kahal, come together, assemble ReinischSaho Spr. 210; Syriac assemble, Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , λαός; Late Hebrew Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; LagBN 51 compare Arabic rebuke, and conjecture קָהָל = 'Rügegericht').

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cleanness, innocence

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

see HEBREW naqah

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
Links
Interlinear GreekInterlinear HebrewStrong's NumbersEnglishman's Greek ConcordanceEnglishman's Hebrew ConcordanceParallel Texts
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.
















5355b
Top of Page
Top of Page