זָכַךְ
zachach · be pure, be clean
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2141 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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zachach (זָכַךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be pure, be clean”.
To be clean, pure, clear; in another form of the verb, to cleanse, to purify.
How to say it
za·chach
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
- Be spotless; make clean.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- pure ×2
- Purer ×1
- purified ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 9:30
If I washed myself with water of snow and purified my palms with lye,
- Job 15:15
Look, in his holy ones he does not trust, and the heavens are not pure in his eyes;
- Job 25:5
Look, even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in his eyes;
- Lamentations 4:7
Purer than snow were her Nazirites, whiter than milk; ruddier in body than pearls, like sapphire their form.