Clean
חַףStrong’s H2643chaph
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “innocent”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.”
Meaning
- Innocent, pure, clean
How it's translated
- innocent 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חַף chaph · clean
innocent, pure, clean
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “clean” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLEAN, adjective
In a general sense, free from extraneous matter, or whatever is injurious or offensive; hence its signification depends on the nature and qualities of the substances to which it is applied.
- Free from dirt, or other foul matter; as clean water; a clean cup; a clean floor.
- Free from weeds or stones; as clean land; a clean garden or field.
- Free from knots or branches; as clean timber.
- Free from moral impurity; innocent.“Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?” Job 14:4
All definitions and other forms of “clean”
- Free from ceremonial defilement.; Leviticus 10:10Numbers 19:9
- Free from guilt; sanctified; holy. John 13:10Psalms 51:7
- That might be eaten by the Hebrews.; Genesis 7:2Genesis 8:20
- That might be used. Luke 11:39
- Free from a foul disease; cured of leprosy. 2 Kings 5:10
- Dextrous; adroit; not bungling; free from awkwardness; as a clean feat; a clean boxer.
- Free from infection; as a clean ship.
CLEAN, adverb
- Quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely; fully; indicating separation or complete removal of every part. Joshua 3:17Psalms 77:8
- Without miscarriage; dextrously.
CLEAN, verb transitive
To remove all foreign matter from; to separate from any thing whatever is extraneous to it, or whatever is foul, noxious, or offensive, as dirt or filth from the hands, body or clothes, foul matter from a vessel, weeds, shrubs and stones from a meadow; to purify. Thus, a house is cleaned by sweeping and washing; a field is cleaned by plowing and hoeing.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.