Innocent
נָקִיStrong’s H5355naqi (na-qi)
Appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naqi is the Hebrew word usually translated “innocent”, “free” and “free from guilt”. It appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Clean, free from, exempt, clear, innocentfree from guilt, clean, innocent · free from punishment · free or exempt from obligations
- Innocent
How it's translated
- innocent 26
- free 6
- the innocent 3
- and innocent 2
- free from guilt 1
- and an innocent 1
- an exempt 1
- an innocent 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 6
- Job 6
- Jeremiah 6
- Psalms 5
- Joshua 3
- Genesis 2
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 44:10And 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 21:28If 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 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- Numbers 32:22And 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 19:10That 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 19:13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
All 42 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
נָקִי naqi · innocent
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)
נָקִיא naqi · innocent
innocent Another spelling of na.qi (נָקִי "innocent" H5355A)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “innocent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IN'NOCENT, adjective
[Latin innocens.]
- Properly, not noxious; not producing injury; free from qualities that can injure; harmless; innoxious; as an innocent medicine or remedy.
- Free from guilt; not having done wrong or violated any law; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
- Free from the guilt of a particular crime or evil action; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged in the indictment.
- Lawful; permitted; as an innocent trade.
All definitions and other forms of “innocent”
- Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
IN'NOCENT, noun
One free from guilt or harm.
- A natural; an idiot. [Unusual.]
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.