זָכָה
zacha · be pure, be clean
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2135 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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zacha (זָכָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be pure, be clean”.
To be pure, clean, clear; figuratively, to be innocent.
How to say it
za·cha
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To remove every stain from the heart or one's life.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- pure ×5
- I have cleansed ×1
- I have made clean ×1
- make yourselves clean ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 15:14
What is the mortal, that he should be pure, and that one born of woman should be righteous?
- Job 25:4
And how can a mortal be righteous before El, and how can one born of woman be pure?
- Psalms 51:4
Against you, against you alone, I have sinned, and what is evil in your eyes I have done, so that you may be righteous when you speak, pure when you judge.
- Psalms 73:13
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart and washed my palms in innocence.
- Psalms 119:9
How will a young man keep pure his path? By keeping it according to your word.
- Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, “I have made clean my heart; I am pure from my sin”?
- Isaiah 1:16
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; stop doing evil.
- Micah 6:11
Shall I be pure with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?