What does Naqah mean?

Naqah (נָקָה, Strong's H5352) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated. The King James Bible translates it as acquit × at all, × altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, × by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, × utterly, × wholly.

What is the Strong's number for Naqah?

The Strong's number for Naqah (נָקָה) is H5352. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Naqah (Strong’s H5352): Meaning in the Bible

Naqah (נָקָה) is the Hebrew word numbered H5352 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated. In the King James Bible it is translated be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate.

נָקָה

nâqâh · Hebrew

Strong’s H5352 · naw-kaw'

Original wordנָקָה
Transliterationnâqâh
Pronunciationnaw-kaw'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH5352
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

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

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

acquit × at all, × altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, × by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, × utterly, × wholly. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Naqah in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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