indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Hebrew
Scripts וְנָקִי(Ancient Hebrew)
Other Forms FormsNaqqai, Nakkai, Nakai, Naqiy, Nacai
Meaning & History
Means "innocent." Compare Arabic Naqi. Features in Sanhedrin 43a in the Talmud, during an apocryphal description of the death of Yeshua the Nazarene, as one of his five disciples. Naqai uses a pun with his name alluding to Exodus 23:7, saying, "And the innocent {naki} and righteous you shall not slay," but the judges of the Sanhedrin respond with Psalm 10:8 - "In secret places he kills the innocent {naki}" - before giving him the death sentence.