Lexical Definition

‎נִקָּיוֹן‎ niqqâyôwn (nik-kaw-yone') innocence ^H:N-M
or נִקָּיֹן niqqâyôn (nikkaw-yone'); from ‎נָקָה‎

cleanness, innocency.

• clearness (literally or figuratively)

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

See Greek: ἄθωος · δικαιοσύνη

Extended Information

• bluntness)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 (R^JE); ‎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 Lag^{BN 201}).

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

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