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niqqāyōn נִקָּיוֹןAinnocence, Bbluntness’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from nāqā נָקָה ‘to clear’
Roots: נקה
Variants: נִקָּיוֹן, קֵהָיוֹן

niqqāyōn n, m
A1) innocency
 1a) freedom from guilt, innocency
 1b) freedom from punishment
 1c) cleanness of teeth (physical sense)
B1) bluntness)

Mentioned in Genesis 20:5 Hosea 8:5 Amos 4:6 Psalms 73:13, 26:6

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