Lexical Definition

‎זַךְ‎ zak (zak) pure ^H:A
from ‎זָכַךְ‎

clean, pure.

• clear

1) clean, pure
1a) pure
1b) pure, clean, righteous (fig.)
2) the pure one (subst)

See Greek: ἁγνός · διαφανής · καθαρός · ὅσιος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זַךְ‎ adjective pure, clean; absolute ‎זַךְ‎ Job 8:6 + 5 t.; ‎זָךְ֛‎ Exod 27:20; Lev 24:2 feminine ‎זַכָּה‎ Exod 30:34 + 2 t.; —

1. literally, pure, i.e. unmixed, free from foreign substances, of olive oil Exod 27:20; Lev 24:2, of frankincense Exod 30:34; Lev 24:7 (all P and H).

2. figurative, pure, clean, righteous (only Job, Proverbs): — of man Job 8:6 (|| ‎יָשָׁר‎), Job 33:9 (+ ‎בְּלִי פָ֑שַׁע‎; || ‎חַף‎); as substantive = the pure, righteous ‎וְזַךְ יָשָׁר פָּעֳלוֺ‎ Prov 21:8 (opposed to ‎וָזָר֑‎ q. v.); of mode of life ‎כָּלדַּֿרְכֵיאִֿישׁ זַךְ בְּעֵינָיו‎ Prov 16:2 of mode of action (‎פָּעֳלוֺ‎) Prov 20:11 (|| ‎יָשָׁר‎); of doctrine (‎לִקְחִי‎) Job 11:4 (|| ‎בַּר הייתי‎); of prayer Job 16:17 (|| ‎לֹא חָמָס בְּכַפָּ֑י‎).

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