Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
* Who can ſay, I haue made my heart cleane, I am pure from my ſinne?
אָמַר , verb, ʾamar — to utter, say (value 241)
H559,
אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.to say, speak, utter
(Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
(Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
(Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
(Hiphil) to avow, to avouch
Used in 4337 Verses, 39 Books 5291  Occurrence Count
זָכָה , verb, zakha — to be clear, clean or pure (value 32)
H2135,
זָכָה zâkâh, zaw-kaw'; a primitive root (compare H2141); to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent:—be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.to be clean, be pure, be clear
(Qal)
to be clean, be pure
to be clear, be justified
(Piel)
to make clean, make pure, keep clean, keep pure
(Hithpael)
to cleanse
to make yourself clean, purify oneself
Used in 8 Verses, 5 Books 8  Occurrence Count
חַטָּאָה , feminine noun, hattaʾa — sinful thing, sin (value 23)
H2403,
חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh, khat-taw-aw'; or חַטָּאת chaṭṭâʼth; from H2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender:—punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).sin, sinful
sin, sin offering
sin
condition of sin, guilt of sin
punishment for sin
sin-offering
purification from sins of ceremonial uncleanness
Used in 270 Verses, 25 Books 293  Occurrence Count
טָהֵר , verb, taheyr — to be clean or pure (value 214)
H2891,
טָהֵר ṭâhêr, taw-hare'; a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy):—be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).to be clean, be pure
(Qal)
to be clean (physically - of disease)
to be clean ceremonially
to purify, be clean morally, made clean
(Piel)
to cleanse, purify
physically
ceremonially
morally
to pronounce clean
to perform the ceremony of cleansing
(Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean
(Hithpael)
to purify oneself
ceremonially
morally
to present oneself for purification
Used in 80 Verses, 15 Books 95  Occurrence Count
לֵב , masculine noun, leyv — inner man, mind, will, heart (value 32)
H3820,
לֵב lêb, labe; a form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything:—care for, comfortably, consent, × considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), × heed, × I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), × regard(-ed), × themselves, × unawares, understanding, × well, willingly, wisdom.inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
inner part, midst
midst (of things)
heart (of man)
soul, heart (of man)
mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
conscience
heart (of moral character)
as seat of appetites
as seat of emotions and passions
as seat of courage
Used in 551 Verses, 33 Books 591  Occurrence Count
מִי , interrogative pronoun, miy — who? (value 50)
H4310,
מִי mîy, me; an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix:—any (man), × he, × him, O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), would to God.who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever
Used in 342 Verses, 35 Books 422  Occurrence Count
| Proverbs 20:9Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| מִֽי־יֹ֭אמַר זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑י טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃ |
| Verse #16964 (Ch. #648) — 6 words, 25 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| Who can say, |
H559ʾamar |
אָמַר |
241 |
| I have made my heart |
H3820leyv |
לֵב |
32 |
| clean, |
H2135zakha |
זָכָה |
32 |
| I am pure |
H2891taheyr |
טָהֵר |
214 |
| from my sin? |
H2403hattaʾa |
חַטָּאָה |
23 |
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