H5356A

נִקָּיוֹן

niq.qa.vonH:N-M

innocence

1) innocency 1a) freedom from guilt, innocency 1b) freedom from punishment 1c) cleanness of teeth (physical sense)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

נִקָּיוֺן noun [masculine] innocency; — ׳נ Ps 26:6; Ps 73:13 נִקָּיֹן Hos 8:5 construct נִקְּיוֺן Amos 4:6 נִקְיֹן Gen 20:5 —

1. freedom from guilt, innocency: כַּפַּי ׳נ Gen 20:5 (RJE); דַּפָּ֑י ׳אֶרְחַץ בנ Ps 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocency = Ps 73:13.
2. freedom from punishment Hos 8:5.
3. in physical sense, נִקְיוֺם שִׁנַּיִם cleanness of teeth (without food) Amos 4:6 (but read perhaps after ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 קַהֲיוֺן bluntness, so LagBN 201).



[קֵהָיוֺן] noun [masculine] bluntness (LagBN 201); — read perhaps construct קִהְיוֺן Amos 4:6 (for נִקְיוֺן; see נִקָּיוֺן).


3 occurrences

Genesis (1), Psalms (2)