Naqah means “be blameless” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5352 — phthinoporinos (“whose fruit withereth”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5352 נָקָה (naqah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. naqah (naw-kaw') v. 1. to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively) 2. (by implication) (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated It has 33 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include all, acquit, cleanse, make, and will. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
naqah (naw-kaw') v. 1. to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively) 2. (by implication) (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated [a primitive root] KJV: acquit X at all, X altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, X by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, X utterly, X wholly.
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to clear
Usage: 1) to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off 1a) (Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cleaned out, be purged out 1b2) to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent 1b3) to be free, be exempt from punishment 1b4) to be free, be exempt from obligation 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to hold innocent, acquit 1c2) to leave unpunished
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render naqah, 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.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
33 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5352.
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5352, grouped by book.
Naqah (Strong's H5352) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be blameless". naqah (naw-kaw') v. 1. to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively) 2. (by implication) (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's H5352 across 15 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5352 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as all, acquit, cleanse, make, will, and clean. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.