H2134 H2134
Pure, clean, clear — free from contamination; of olive oil, incense, sky, or moral character
The adjective זַךְ (zak) describes something that is pure, clean, or clear — free from any admixture or taint. In the tabernacle legislation, it qualifies the olive oil for the lampstand as 'pure beaten oil' (Exod 27:20; Lev 24:2) and the frankincense placed on the showbread as 'pure frankincense' (Lev 24:7; cf. Exod 30:34). In the wisdom and poetic literature, the word shifts to moral purity: Job insists that his prayer is 'pure' (Job 16:17), Bildad asks whether Job is 'pure and upright' (Job 8:6), and Proverbs probes whether anyone's ways are truly 'clean' in God's eyes (Prov 16:2; 20:11; 21:8). Spanish 'puro/limpio,' Arabic نَقِيٌّ, Swahili 'safi.'
Senses
1. pure, clean, clear — An adjective meaning 'pure, clean, clear' — denoting freedom from contamination or impurity in both physical and moral registers. Physically, it qualifies olive oil for the tabernacle lamp (Exod 27:20; Lev 24:2) and frankincense for the showbread (Exod 30:34; Lev 24:7). Morally, it describes personal integrity or the aspiration to it (Job 8:6; 11:4; 16:17; 25:5; Prov 16:2; 20:11; 21:8). Job 15:15 extends it to the heavens, asking whether even the sky is 'clean' in God's sight. 11×
AR["زكيًّا", "زكيٌّ", "زَكِيَّةٌ", "صافِياً", "صَافِيًا", "نَقِيٌّ", "نَقِيَّةٌ", "نَقِيّاً", "وَ-الزَّكِيُّ"]·ben["কিন্তু-শুদ্ধ", "খাঁটি", "বিশুদ্ধ", "বিশুদ্ধ;", "শুদ্ধ"]·DE["[וזך]", "[זך]", "[זכה]", "rein"]·EN["but-pure", "is-pure", "pure"]·FR["et-pur", "pur"]·heb["ו-זך", "זך", "זכה"]·HI["परंतु-शुद्ध", "शुद्ध"]·ID["Bersih", "murni", "tetapi-yang-murni"]·IT["e-ma-puro", "puro", "è-puro"]·jav["Resik", "murni", "murni,", "nanging-tiyang-murni", "resik"]·KO["그러나-깨끗한-자는", "깨끗하니라", "깨끗하다", "깨끗한지", "맑은", "순수하고", "순수하다", "순수한"]·PT["Puro", "e-puro", "pura", "puro", "puros"]·RU["а-чистый", "чист", "чиста", "чисто", "чистое", "чисты", "чистый"]·ES["Pura", "Puro", "es-pura", "limpios", "pero-el-puro", "puro"]·SW["lakini-safi", "ni-safi", "safi"]·TR["Temiz", "fakat-pak", "pak", "saf", "temiz"]·urd["اور-پاک", "خالص", "صاف", "پاک", "پاک-ہے"]
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)H7819a 1. slaughter an animal (Qal active) (72×)H1486 1. lot (object cast for decisions) (71×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זַךְ adj. pure, clean; abs. זַךְ Jb 8:6 + 5 times; זָ֛ךְ Ex 27:20 Lv 24:2; f. זַכָּה Ex 30:34 + 2 times;— 1. lit., pure, i.e. unmixed, free from foreign substances, of olive oil Ex 27:20 Lv 24:2, of frankincense Ex 30:34 Lv 24:7 (all P and H). 2. fig., pure, clean, righteous (only Jb Pr):—of man Jb 8:6 (‖ יָשָׁר); 33:9 (+ בְּלִי פָ֑שַׁע; ‖ חַף) as subst. = the pure, righteous וְזַךְ יָשָׁר…