Hebrew verb · H2135
זָכָה
zakahzaw-kaw'
to clean
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zâkâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2135is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2135
to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent
The King James renders it: be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
zakah is rendered "to clean". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 15:14יִזְכֶּ֑ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- I have kept pure2
- ¿ will I be clear1
- cleanse yourselves1
- he will be pure1
- will he be pure1
- will he keep pure1
- you will be pure1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| זָכָר | zakar | male | Uses82 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- זִכִּ֣יתִי2
- הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה1
- הִזַּכּ֔וּ1
- יִזְכֶּ֑ה1
- יִּ֝זְכֶּ֗ה1
- יְזַכֶּה־1
- תִּזְכֶּ֥ה1
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular2HVpp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- question particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HTi/Vqi1cs
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqi2ms
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HVtv2mp
Job
two uses
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- יִזְכֶּ֑הyizkehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be pure
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
- יִּ֝זְכֶּ֗הyizkehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he be pure
Psalms
three uses
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
- תִּזְכֶּ֥הtizkehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be pure
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
- זִכִּ֣יתִיzikitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have kept pure
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
- יְזַכֶּה־yezakeh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he keep pure
Proverbs
one use
Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
- זִכִּ֣יתִיzikitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have kept pure
Isaiah
one use
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
- הִזַּכּ֔וּhizakuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: cleanse yourselves
Micah
one use
Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
- הַאֶזְכֶּ֖הhaezkehquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: ¿ will I be clear
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.