Zakah means “be translucent” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2135 — eunouchos (“eunuch”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2135 זָכָה (zakah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. zakah (zaw-kaw') v. 1. to be translucent 2. (figuratively) to be innocent It has 8 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include clean, clear, cleanse, make, and count. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
zakah (zaw-kaw') v. 1. to be translucent 2. (figuratively) to be innocent [a primitive root] KJV: be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure. Compare: H2141
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2135. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to clean
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zakah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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8 indexed usages in Old Testament.
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2135.
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2135, grouped by book.
Zakah (Strong's H2135) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be translucent". zakah (zaw-kaw') v. 1. to be translucent 2. (figuratively) to be innocent
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's H2135 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2135 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as clean, clear, cleanse, make, and count. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.