2135. zakah

Strong's Concordance

zakah: to be clear, clean or pure

Original Word: זָכָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: zakah
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-kaw')
Definition: to be clear, clean or pure

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be clear, clean or pure
NASB Translation
blameless (1), clean (1), cleansed (1), justify (1), keep his pure (1), kept my pure (1), make yourselves clean (1), pure (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[זָכָה] verb be clear, clean, pure, always in moral sense (Assyrian zakû Zim^BP; Aramaic דְּכָא, , ; compare Arabic be bright (of a fire), pungent (of an odour); be acute, quick of mind) —

Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִזְכֶּה Job 15:14; Job 25:4; 2masculine singular תִּזְכֶּה Psalm 51:6; 1singular interrogative הַאֶזְכֶּה Micah 6:11; —

1 be clean, pure, of man, in the sight of God, Job 15:14; Job 25:4 (in both "" יצדק; compare also זַכּוּ Job 15:15; Job 25:5).

2 be clear, be justified = be regarded as just, righteous, of God, Psalm 51:6 ("" תצדק), Micah 6:11.

Pi`el Perfect1singular זִכִּיתִי Psalm 73:13; Proverbs 20:9; Imperfect יְזַכֶּהֿ Psalm 119:9: — make or keep clean, pure, object לְבָבִי Psalm 73:13 ("" אֶרְחַץ כַּמָּ֑י), object לִבִּי Proverbs 20:9 ("" טָהַרְתִּי); object אֶתאָֿרְחוֺ Psalm 119:9.

Hithpa`el Imperative masculine plural הִזַּכּוּ Isaiah 1:16 make yourselves clean ("" רַחֲצוּ); — on form compare Ges^{§ 54}, 2, b, Rem. Kö^{Lgb. i, 345, 534} Sta^{§ 129 d}.

זְכוֺכִית see below זכך. below

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

be make clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure

A primitive root (compare zakak); to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent -- be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.

see HEBREW zakak

Forms and Transliterations

הִזַּכּ֔וּ הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה האזכה הזכו זִכִּ֣יתִי זכיתי יְזַכֶּה־ יִּ֝זְכֶּ֗ה יִזְכֶּ֑ה יזכה יזכה־ תִּזְכֶּ֥ה תזכה ha’ezkeh ha·’ez·keh haezKeh hiz·zak·kū hizzakKu hizzakkū tiz·keh tizkeh yə·zak·keh- yezakkeh yəzakkeh- yiz·keh yizkeh zik·kî·ṯî zikKiti zikkîṯî

Englishman's Concordance

Job 15:14
HEB: אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־ יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־ יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק
NAS: is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born
KJV: What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born
INT: is man for should be pure for should be righteous

Job 25:4
HEB: אֵ֑ל וּמַה־ יִּ֝זְכֶּ֗ה יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃
NAS: Or how can he be clean who is born
KJV: with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born
INT: God How he be clean is born ess

Psalm 51:4
HEB: תִּצְדַּ֥ק בְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָ תִּזְכֶּ֥ה בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ׃
NAS: when You speak And blameless when You judge.
KJV: when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.
INT: you are justified speak and blameless judge

Psalm 73:13
HEB: אַךְ־ רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ
NAS: in vain I have kept my heart
KJV: Verily I have cleansed my heart
INT: Surely vain have kept my heart And washed

Psalm 119:9
HEB: בַּמֶּ֣ה יְזַכֶּה־ נַּ֭עַר אֶת־
NAS: How can a young man keep his way pure?
KJV: BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
INT: How keep A young his way

Proverbs 20:9
HEB: מִֽי־ יֹ֭אמַר זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑י טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי
NAS: can say, I have cleansed my heart,
KJV: I have made my heart clean, I am pure
INT: Who say have cleansed my heart I am pure

Isaiah 1:16
HEB: רַחֲצוּ֙ הִזַּכּ֔וּ הָסִ֛ירוּ רֹ֥עַ
NAS: Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove
KJV: Wash you, make you clean; put away
INT: wash make Remove the evil

Micah 6:11
HEB: הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵי רֶ֑שַׁע
NAS: Can I justify wicked scales
KJV: Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked
INT: justify scales wicked

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2135
8 Occurrences

ha·’ez·keh — 1 Occ.
hiz·zak·kū — 1 Occ.
tiz·keh — 1 Occ.
yə·zak·keh- — 1 Occ.
yiz·keh — 2 Occ.
zik·kî·ṯî — 2 Occ.