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זַךְ

zak · H2134 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. pure

    State in which a substance has not been mixed or adulterated with any other substance

    Examples

    Exodus 27:20 “And you shall command the sons of Israel that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

    Exodus 30:34 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take for yourself spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each.

    Leviticus 24:2 “Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

  2. pure > innocent

    Literally: pure; hence: state in which people are without any moral contamination

    Examples

    Job 8:6 If you are pure and upright, Surely now He will stir Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.

    Job 33:9 ‘I am pure, without wrongdoing; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

  3. pure > right

    Literally: pure; hence: state in which an event is considered without fault

    Examples

    Job 11:4 “For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’

    Job 16:17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

    Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a person are clean in his own sight, But the LORD examines the motives.

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

5 occurrences in 5 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 4 words
נָקִי nâqîy · H5355 · innocent, free from obligation, not liable
Both words denote being morally or ritually unblemished, free from guilt or impurity; נָקִי (nâqîy, H5355) has a broader range that includes legal exemption, but overlaps with the sense of purity and cleanness in זַךְ (zak, H2134).
יָשָׁר yâshâr · H3477 · straight, "straight way" = safe journey
Both words denote moral or ethical purity and rightness, as near synonyms in contexts of moral cleanness or uprightness.
טָהוֹר ṭâhôwr · H2889 · clean
Both words denote purity and cleanness; The second word (טָהוֹר) is rendered "clean."
בַּר bar · H1249 · son, at the age of ...
בַּר (bar, H1249) emphasizes choice/clear quality (note "choice, clear" in gloss); זַךְ (zak, H2134) focuses on pure/innocent quality (note "Innocent" domain vs. בַּר (bar, H1249)'s "Crops, Land" domains).
In the other Testament 1 word
καθαρός katharós · G2513 · clean, clear, pure
καθαρός is the standard Greek rendering of זַךְ across both literal (physical cleanliness) and metaphorical (ritual/moral purity) domains, constituting direct translation equivalence with near-complete semantic overlap.
Semantic domains 3 entries
Pure002003001014
זַךְ denotes what is clean or pure, as Israel is commanded to bring clear oil of beaten olives and pure frankincense for the sanctuary.
Innocent002003003015
The word can also describe moral innocence, a person or conduct free from wrongdoing.
Right002001003013
It further carries the sense of what is upright or correct, aligned with what should be.
Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

זָכַךְ zâkak · H2141 · to be clean, to be pure, pure · 4×זַךְzak · H2134
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2134. zak זַךְ adjective pure, clean; absolute זַךְ Job 8:6 Job 8:5t.; זָךְ֛ Exo 27:20;…
H2134. zak
זַךְ adjective pure, clean; absolute זַךְ Job 8:6 Job 8:5t.; זָךְ֛ Exo 27:20; Lev 24:2; feminine זַכָּה Exo 30:34 Exo 30:2t.; —
1 literally, pure, i.e. unmixed, free from foreign substances, of olive oil Exo 27:20; Lev 24:2, of frankincense Exo 30:34; Lev 24:7 (all P and H).
2 figurative, pure, clean, righteous (only Job, Proverbs): — of man Job 8:6 (|| יָשָׁר), Job 33:9 (+ פָ֑שַׁע בְּלִי; || חַף); as substantive = the pure, righteous מָּעֳלוֺ יָשָׁר וְזַךְ Pro 21:8 (opposed to וָזָר֑ q. v.); of mode of life בְּעֵינָיו זַךְ כָּלדַּֿרְכֵיאִֿישׁ Pro 16:2; of mode of action (מָּעֳלוֺ) Pro 20:11 (|| יָשָׁר); of doctrine (לִקְחִי) Job 11:4 (|| הייתי בַּר); of prayer Job 16:17 (|| בְּכַמָּ֑י חָמָס לֹא).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Right5 occurrencesPure4 occurrencesInnocent2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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