Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
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Innocent
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Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
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8 occurrences in 8 verses.
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נָקִי
nâqîy · naw-kee'
29 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences
innocent
Strong's KJV usage: blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 23:7Strong's last: Jonah 1:14
Open full H5355 profile →נָקָה
nâqâh · naw-kaw'
5 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
Strong's KJV usage: acquit × at all, × altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, × by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, × utterly, × wholly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 9:28Strong's last: Jeremiah 2:35
Open full H5352 profile →ἄθωος
áthōos · ath'-o-os
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
not guilty
Strong's KJV usage: :--innocent.
Strong's first: Matthew 27:4Strong's last: Matthew 27:24
Open full G121 profile →חִנָּם
chinnâm · khin-nawm'
1 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
Strong's KJV usage: without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 2:31Strong's last: 1 Kings 2:31
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chaph · khaf
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
pure
Strong's KJV usage: innocent.
Strong's first: Job 33:9Strong's last: Job 33:9
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H5355
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
H5355
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
H5355
Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
H5355
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
H5355
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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innocent
IN'NOCENT, adjective [Latin innocens.]
1. Properly, not noxious; not producing injury; free from qualities that can injure; harmless; innoxious; as an innocent medicine or remedy.
2. Free from guilt; not having done wrong or violated any law; not tainted with sin; pure; upright. In this general sense, no human being that is a moral agent, can be innocent It is followed by of.
3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or evil action; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged in the indictment.
4. Lawful; permitted; as an innocent trade.
5. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
IN'NOCENT, noun One free from guilt or harm.
1. A natural; an idiot. [Unusual.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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