Word Study · Strong's H5356 · Hebrew
נִקָּיוֹן
niqqayon
nik-kaw-yone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: niqqâyôwn
“clearness (literally or figuratively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
clearness (literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
cleanness, innocency.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן2
- וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן1
- נִקְי֤וֹן1
- נִקָּיֹֽן׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- in innocence2
- and in [the] innocence of1
- cleanness of1
- innocence1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/R/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 26:6בְּנִקָּי֣וֹןbenikayonpreposition + noun · masculine singularI wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,here: in innocence
- Psalms 73:13בְּנִקָּי֣וֹןbenikayonpreposition + noun · masculine singularSurely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.here: in innocence