זָכָה
za.khah
“to clean”
Definition
to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent
a primitive root (compare H2141 (זָכַךְ));
- to be clean, be pure, be clear 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be clean, be pure 1a2) to be clear, be justified 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make clean, make pure, keep clean, keep pure 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to cleanse 1c2) to make yourself clean, purify oneself
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
זָכָה appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Wash and cleanse yourselves.Remove your evil deeds from My sight.Stop doing evil!
What is man, that he should be pure,or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
How then can a man be just before God?How can one born of woman be pure?
Can I excuse dishonest scalesor bags of false weights?
Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;I am cleansed from my sin”?
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.