Strong's Hebrew · H2135
זָכָה
zâkâh · zaw-kaw'
be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.
Definition
to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent
Derivation
a primitive root (compare H2141 (זָכַךְ));
Appears 8 times in Scripture
“How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?”
“Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.”
“Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?”
“Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.”
“How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.”
“What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?”
“Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!”
“Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).