נִקָּיוֹן (qēhāyôn) is a Hebrew noun meaning innocency. It appears 5 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5356).

Also rendered

• bluntness
• innocence

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1412c)

Root family 1412: נָקָה nāqâ — be clear, free, innocent, desolate, cut off

• נָקָה nāqâ — be empty
• נָקִי nāqîʾ — clean
• מְנַקִּיָּה mĕnaqqîyâ — sacrificial bowl

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