Lexical Definition

‎זָכָה‎ zâkâh (zaw-kaw') to clean ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎זָכַךְ‎)

be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.

• to be translucent
• figuratively, to be innocent

1) to be clean, be pure, be clear
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be clean, be pure
1a2) to be clear, be justified
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make clean, make pure, keep clean, keep pure
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to cleanse
1c2) to make yourself clean, purify oneself

See Greek: ἁγνός · ἄμεμπτος · δικαιόω · καθαρός · νικάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎זָכָה‎] verb be clear, clean, pure, always in moral sense (Assyrian zakû Zim^BP; Aramaic ‎דְּכָא‎, , ; compare Arabic be bright (of a fire), pungent (of an odour); be acute, quick of mind) —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִזְכֶּה‎ Job 15:14; Job 25:4 2 masculine singular ‎תִּזְכֶּה‎ Ps 51:6* 1 singular interrogative ‎הַאֶזְכֶּה‎ Mic 6:11 —

1. be clean, pure, of man, in the sight of God, Job 15:14; Job 25:4 (in both || ‎יצדק‎; compare also ‎זַכּוּ‎ Job 15:15; Job 25:5).

2. be clear, be justified = be regarded as just, righteous, of God, Ps 51:6* (|| ‎תצדק‎), Mic 6:11. Pi`el Perfect 1 singular ‎זִכִּיתִי‎ Ps 73:13; Prov 20:9 Imperfect ‎יְזַכֶּהֿ‎ Ps 119:9: — make or keep clean, pure, object ‎לְבָבִי‎ Ps 73:13 (|| ‎אֶרְחַץ כַּפָּ֑י‎), object ‎לִבִּי‎ Prov 20:9 (|| ‎טָהַרְתִּי‎); object ‎אֶתאָֿרְחוֺ‎ Ps 119:9. Hithpa`el Imperative masculine plural ‎הִזַּכּוּ‎ Isa 1:16 make yourselves clean (|| ‎רַחֲצוּ‎); — on form compare Ges^{«GKC:54»§ 54}, 2, b, Rem. Kö^{Lgb. i, 345, 534} Sta^{§ 129 d}.

‎זְכוֺכִית‎ see below ‎זכך‎. below

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