נָקָה

Strong’s Definition

to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

acquit [idiom] at all, [idiom] altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, [idiom] by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] wholly.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off
• 2.(qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nâqâh; Pronunciation: naw-kaw'