Words the Bible translates as innocent
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsaddiqצַדִּיקin the right: the person, ruler, or God whose conduct and claim match what is right and so stand up when tested
- katharosκαθαρόςclean or pure: free of anything that stains, defiles, or disqualifies, from literal dirt to inner corruption
- athōosἀθῷοςinnocentnot studied yet
- naqahנָקָהto be clear in a legal sense: free, innocent, or unpunished, and (when someone declares it) to acquit or leave unpunished
+1 more meaning
- to be emptied out or swept clean: stripped bare of inhabitants or contents
- naqiנָקִיinnocent: free from guilt or from a claim against you, and so not liable to be punished or held responsible.
- hagnosἁγνόςpure and undefiled: morally clean and free from anything that would disqualify a person from coming before God, often with an overtone of chastity or sincerity
- akakosἄκακοςinnocentnot studied yet
- zakhזַךְpure in the sense of unmixed: containing nothing foreign, spoiling, or blameworthy
- anaitiosἀναίτιοςinnocentnot studied yet
- akeraiosἀκέραιοςinnocentnot studied yet
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