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Strong's H5355 נָקִי (naqi)

Naqi means “innocent” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5355 — phthonos (“envy”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5355
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 42
Books 16

Strong's H5355 Quick Answer

Strong's H5355 נָקִי נָקִיא (naqiy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. naqiy (naw-kee') (or naqiyi (Joel 4) adj. 1. innocent [from H5352] It has 42 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include innocent, guiltless, innocents, free, and blameless. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
naqiy (naw-kee') (or naqiyi (Joel 4) adj. 1. innocent [from H5352]
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
innocent, guiltless, innocents, free, and blameless

Meaning and Definition

naqiy (naw-kee') (or naqiyi (Joel 4) adj. 1. innocent [from H5352] KJV: blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit. Root(s): H5352 See also: H4, H19, H1, H14

Original Word
נָקִי נָקִיא
Transliteration
naqiy
Derivation
Root: נקה First root strongs: 5352
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5355. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

innocent

Usage: 1) clean, free from, exempt, clear, innocent 1a) free from guilt, clean, innocent 1b) free from punishment 1c) free or exempt from obligations Also means: na.qi (נָקִיא "innocent" H5355B)

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How Strong's H5355 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render naqiy, 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.

innocent Exodus 23:7 28× guiltless Numbers 32:22 innocents Jeremiah 2:34 blameless Joshua 2:17 clean Psalms 24:4 exempted 1 Kings 15:22 free Deuteronomy 24:5

How Strong's H5355 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 42 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5355 by Corpus

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.

Strong's H5355 in the Old Testament

42 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 24:41 KJV

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.

Genesis 44:10 KJV

And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.

Exodus 21:28 KJV

If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5355.

Genesis 24:41 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 44:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
Exodus 21:28 Old Testament, KJV
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Exodus 23:7 Old Testament, KJV
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Numbers 32:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
Deuteronomy 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
Deuteronomy 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Deuteronomy 21:8 Old Testament, KJV
Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
Deuteronomy 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Deuteronomy 27:25 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Joshua 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
Joshua 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
Joshua 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
1 Samuel 19:5 Old Testament, KJV
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
2 Samuel 3:28 Old Testament, KJV
And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
2 Samuel 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
1 Kings 15:22 Old Testament, KJV
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
2 Kings 21:16 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
Job 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Job 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Job 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
Job 22:19 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Job 22:30 Old Testament, KJV
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Job 27:17 Old Testament, KJV
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Psalms 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
Psalms 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Psalms 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 94:21 Old Testament, KJV
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Psalms 106:38 Old Testament, KJV
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Proverbs 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Proverbs 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Isaiah 59:7 Old Testament, KJV
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Jeremiah 2:34 Old Testament, KJV
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Jeremiah 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Jeremiah 19:4 Old Testament, KJV
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
Jeremiah 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Jeremiah 22:17 Old Testament, KJV
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Jeremiah 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
Joel 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Jonah 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5355, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5355 FAQ

What does naqi (נָקִי) mean?

Naqi (Strong's H5355) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "innocent". naqiy (naw-kee') (or naqiyi (Joel 4) adj. 1. innocent [from H5352]

How many times is naqi (נָקִי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's H5355 across 16 books.

Where can I study naqi (נָקִי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5355 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate naqi (נָקִי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as innocent, guiltless, innocents, free, blameless, and exempted. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.