זָכָה
za.khah
to clean
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "za.khah" (H2135) means "to clean". This verb has a total of 8 occurrences in the Bible, indicating its relatively limited but significant usage. Its semantic domain, classified under "Sin & Righteousness", suggests that "za.khah" is often associated with concepts of moral purity and cleansing. Given its definition, "za.khah" likely refers to physical or spiritual cleansing, possibly involving the removal of impurities or stains. Its limited occurrences in the Bible imply that this concept is not a central theme, but rather a specific aspect of the broader ideas of sin and righteousness. The fact that "za.khah" is part of the semantic domain related to these concepts, however, highlights its importance in understanding the complex relationships between moral purity, sin, and righteousness in the biblical narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
8 total occurrences across the text
What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 25:4How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
Psalms 51:4Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
Psalms 73:13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
Psalms 119:9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”
Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
Micah 6:11Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?