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נָכָה

nâkâh · H5221 · Hebrew · 500 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to hit, to beat, to strike

    Action by which humans deliver a blow to (other) humans, animals, or objects, either with one's bare hands, part of their body, a stick, a whip, or a stone

    Examples

    Exodus 2:11 Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his fellow Hebrews and looked at their hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his fellow Hebrews.

    Exodus 2:13 Now he went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were fighting with each other; and he said to the offender, “Why are you striking your companion?”

    Exodus 5:14 Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not completed your required task of making bricks either yesterday or today, as before?”

  2. Action by which humans strike the palms of their hands together repeatedly, as an expression of strong emotions, including joy and grief (to clap (one's) hands)

    Examples

    2 Kings 11:12 Then he brought the king’s son out, and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!”

    Ezekiel 6:11 “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Clap your hands, stamp your foot and say, “Woe, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by the sword, famine, and plague!

    Ezekiel 21:14 “You therefore, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword for the slain. It is the sword for the great one slain, which surrounds them,

  3. to stab, to strike, to strike down, to inflict wounds

    Literally: to strike; hence: action by which humans inflict a serious wound on someone else, which is usually fatal

    Examples

    Joshua 7:5 And the men of Ai struck and killed about thirty-six of their men, and pursued them from the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them on the mountainside; and the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

    Judges 20:39 Then the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill about thirty men of Israel, for they said, “Undoubtedly they are defeated before us, as in the first battle.”

    Joshua 10:10 And the LORD brought them into confusion before Israel, and He struck them down in a great defeat at Gibeon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

  4. to strike, to destroy, to ruin

    Literally: to strike down; hence: causative action by which animals, deities and natural forces such as hail affect a plant in such a way that it will no longer bring forth fruit

    Examples

    Exodus 9:25 The hail struck everything that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, from people to animals; the hail also struck every plant of the field, and shattered every tree of the field.

    Exodus 9:31 (Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.

    Exodus 9:32 But the wheat and the spelt were not ruined, for they ripen late.)

  5. to punish

    Literally: to strike; hence: action by which deities inflict punishment on individuals and groups

    Examples

    Exodus 3:20 “So I will reach out with My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.

    Exodus 12:13 ‘The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

    Leviticus 26:24 then I in turn will show hostility toward you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins.

  6. to attack

    Literally: to strike; hence: action by which humans initiate a violent confrontation with other humans, either as individuals or groups

    Examples

    Genesis 4:15 So the LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him seven times as much.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one finding him would kill him.

    Genesis 34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me repulsive among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since my men are few in number, they will band together against me and attack me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household!”

    Joshua 7:3 Then they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up; have only about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; do not trouble all the people there, for they are few.”

  7. to defeat

    Literally: to strike; hence: action by which humans initiate a violent confrontation with other humans and end up being in full control of them

    Examples

    Genesis 14:5 And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

    Genesis 14:7 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

    Genesis 14:15 Then he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

  8. to kill

    Literally: to strike; hence: causative action by which humans, animals, or deities cause other humans or animals to die a violent death

    Examples

    Genesis 8:21 The LORD smelled the soothing aroma, and the LORD said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

    Exodus 2:12 So he looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one around, he struck and killed the Egyptian, and hid his body in the sand.

    Exodus 12:12 ‘For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and fatally strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the human firstborn to animals; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the LORD.

  9. to take a life

    Literally: to strike a life; hence: causative action by which humans cause other humans or animals to die a violent death

    Examples

    Genesis 37:21 But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands by saying, “Let’s not take his life.”

    Leviticus 24:17 ‘Now if someone takes any human life, he must be put to death.

    Leviticus 24:18 ‘But the one who takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, life for life.

  10. to put to the sword, to kill

    Literally: to strike with the mouth of the sword; hence: causative action by which humans cause other humans to die a violent death using a sword or similar weapon

    Examples

    Deuteronomy 20:13 “When the LORD your God gives it into your hand, you shall strike all the men in it with the edge of the sword.

    Joshua 8:24 Now when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed, then all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.

    Joshua 10:28 Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it. He left no survivor. So he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

  11. to strike with a condition

    Causative action by which deities or other supernatural beings cause humans to be affected by sickness, plagues, and curses

    Examples

    Genesis 19:11 Then they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from the small to the great, so that they became weary of trying to find the doorway.

    Exodus 9:15 “For had I now put out My hand and struck you and your people with plague, you would then have been eliminated from the earth.

    Deuteronomy 28:22 “The LORD will strike you with consumption, inflammation, fever, feverish heat, and with the sword, with blight, and with mildew, and they will pursue you until you perish.

  12. Literally: (one's) heart strike (someone); hence: process by which humans experience deep regret after a certain action ((one's) heart is filled with remorse)

    Examples

    1 Samuel 24:5 But it came about afterward that David’s conscience bothered him because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s robe.

    2 Samuel 24:10 Now David’s heart troubled him after he had counted the people. So David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, LORD, please overlook the guilt of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

  13. to strike, to plunge, to thrust

    Literally: to strike; hence: causative action by which humans use their hands to cause an object to move suddenly or violently in a certain direction

    Examples

    1 Samuel 2:14 And he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; everything that the fork brought up, the priest would take for himself. They did so in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

    1 Samuel 18:11 Then Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence, twice.

    1 Samuel 19:10 And Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

  14. to strike root

    To strike root, a plant developing roots into the ground that steady its stem

    Examples

    Hosea 14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

How it’s used In 12 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

471 occurrences in 69 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

396 occurrences in 144 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

203 occurrences in 123 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

20 occurrences in 9 groups

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

17 occurrences in 12 groups

Named alongside itApposition

8 occurrences in 6 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

12 occurrences in 7 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

9 occurrences in 6 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

35 occurrences in 8 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 4 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 6 words
πατάσσω patássō · G3960 · to strike a blow, to slay, to strike down
πατάσσω (patássō, G3960) is the standard Greek rendering of נָכָה (nâkâh, H5221) in LXX contexts involving striking, smiting, or killing, covering the core semantic range of violent physical impact whether fatal or non-fatal.
μαστιγόω mastigóō · G3146 · to whip, to beat with a whip, whipping
Greek μαστιγόω specifically denotes flogging/scourging as a method of striking, a narrower register than Hebrew נָכָה's broader semantic range covering any form of striking, killing, or smiting; the Greek term is register-specific to whipping/beating with an instrument (often judicial or punitive), while the Hebrew encompasses this sense but extends to fatal strikes, military slaughter, and non-flogging forms of physical impact.
ἀναιρέω anairéō · G337 · to kill, to execute, killing
Greek ἀναιρέω focuses on the resultative 'killing/murdering' sense within Hebrew נָכָה's broader 'strike/smite' semantic range, typically appearing in LXX contexts where the Hebrew emphasizes fatal violence rather than non-lethal striking.
παίω paíō · G3817 · to hit, to strike, to beat
Greek παίω denotes a single, less violent blow or strike, whereas Hebrew נָכָה encompasses a broader semantic range including killing, slaughter, and punitive striking—the Greek term captures the 'strike/smite' sense of נָכָה but not its terminal violence or judicial execution senses.
πλήσσω plḗssō · G4141 · to hit, to strike, to beat
Greek πλήσσω specifically denotes striking/smiting with resultant affliction or calamity (often divine judgment), whereas Hebrew נָכָה covers the broader semantic range of physical striking, smiting, killing, and slaughtering across military, punitive, and general violence contexts without inherent connotation of calamitous consequence.
τύπτω týptō · G5180 · to hit, to strike, to beat
Hebrew נָכָה (nâkâh, H5221) encompasses a broad semantic range of striking actions including killing and slaughter, while Greek τύπτω (týptō, G5180) specifically denotes repeated beating or striking with a stick or cudgel, representing a narrower subset of the Hebrew term's physical violence domain without extending to fatal outcomes as its primary sense.
Semantic domains 9 entries
Impact002001001024
The word repeatedly describes a physical blow or strike, as when the LORD places a mark on Cain so that no one finding him will strike him down (Genesis 4:15), tying the word to physical impact.
Chastise002003002005
The word is also used of divine or authoritative punishment inflicted on a wrongdoer, a broader disciplinary sense than the physical-blow citations sampled here.
Conflict002003002006
The word is used of armies striking down or defeating an enemy force in battle, as when Chedorlaomer's coalition defeats the Rephaim and other peoples (Genesis 14:5, 14:7), tying the word to combat and military engagement.
Control002003002007
The word is also used of one party subduing or gaining the upper hand over another, as when Abram's forces pursue and defeat the raiding kings (Genesis 14:15), a broader sense of dominance than the physical-blow citations sampled here.
Dead002001001018
The word is frequently used for a fatal strike that kills its victim, tying it to the outcome of death, a broader sense than the physical-blow citations sampled here.
Engage002003003011
The word describes engaging an opponent in combat, a broader sense of active engagement than the physical-blow citations sampled here.
Grieve002001002013
The word can also describe an affliction or blow that brings grief or distress, a broader emotional sense than the physical-blow citations sampled here.
Move002002001012
In one idiomatic use the word describes striking out or advancing ("go forward"), a sense of directed movement broader than the physical-blow citations sampled here.
Stage002001001060
The word is also used of a decisive, climactic strike marking a turning point in a narrative's action, a broader narrative-structural sense than the physical-blow citations sampled here.
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָכָהnâkâh · H5221מַכָּה makkâh · H4347 · stroke, lash, stripe · 48×נֵכֶה nêkeh · H5222 · to attack · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5221. nakah [נָכָה]501 verb smite (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew Hiph`il id.; Perfect 3…
H5221. nakah
[נָכָה]501 verb smite (not in
Qal) (Late Hebrew Hiph`il id.; Perfect 3 plural הכו SI4, Infinitive [ת]להכ ib. 2; Syriac , laesit, nocuit, repugnavit; Aph`el laesit, vulneravit; Ethiopic laesit, nocuit; compare Arabic be defeated, the inflicting of injury on an enemy Lane3038); —
Niph`al Perfect וָמֵת וְנִכָּה consecutive 2Sa 11:15 and he shall be smitten [struck by weapon in battle] and die.
Pu`al Perfect3feminine singular נֻכָּ֑תָה Exo 9:31; Exo 9:3plural נֻכּוּ Exo 9:32 (J), both be smitten down by the hail.
Hiph`il482 Perfect3masculine singular הִכָּה Exo 9:25 +; suffix וְהִכַּ֫נִי consecutive Gen 32:12, הִכָּם Jer 5:6; Jer 5:2masculine singular הִכִּ֫יתָ Exo 17:5 +; 1 singular הִכֵּיתִי Jdg 15:16 +, וְהִכֵּתִ֫י Exo 3:20 +; 3 plural הִכּוּ Gen 19:11 +; 2 masculine plural הִכִּיתֶם Jer 37:10 Jer 37:3t. consecutive; etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַכֶּה Exo 21:20 +, יַךְ Hos 6:1 (but read וַיַּךְ We Now GASm); וְיַח Hos 14:6 (see below); וַיַּכֶּה Jos 10:40 +, usually וַיַּךְ Exo 2:12 +; suffix 2 masculine singular יַכֶּ֫כָּה Jer 40:15 Jer 40:2t., 3 masculine singular וַיַּכּוֺ 2Sa 14:6 (but read ᵐ5 וַיַּךְ. ᵑ9 ᵑ6 Th We Dr Klo Kit Bu HPS), יַכֶּ֫נּוּ 1Sa 17:25 1Sa 17:2t.; usually וַיַּכֵּ֫הוּ Num 21:24 +; 3 feminine singular וַתַּךְ Jon 4:7-8, Jon 4:2masculine singular תַּכֶּה Exo 2:13 +; suffix 3 masculine singular תַּכֶּ֫נּוּ Pro 23:13-14, Pro 23:1singular אַכֶּה 1Sa 18:11 +; וָאַכֶּה Neh 13:25, וָאַךְ Exo 9:15; Exo 9:3masculine plural יַכוּ Micah 4:14; usually וַיַּכּוּ Gen 14:5 + (1Sa 4:2 read probably
Hoph`al q. v.); 1plural נַכֶּהֿ Num 22:6; וַנַךְ Deu 2:33, etc.; Imperative הַכֵּה Eze 6:11, הַךְ Amo 9:1 +; masculine plural הַכּוּ 2Sa 13:28, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַכֵּה Deu 3:16 +, הַכּוֺת 2Ki 3:24 (Ges§ 75ff); cstr. הַכּוֺת Gen 4:15 +, etc.; Participle מַכֶּה Exo 2:11 +; construct מַכֵּה Exo 21:12 +; plural מַכִּים 1Sa 4:8 +, etc.; —
1. a. literally, smite (with a single, non-fatal, blow), strike, followed by accusative, ass Num 22:23, Num 22:25, Num 22:27 (בְּמַקֵּל), Num 22:28; Num 22:32 (all J); man Exo 21:15, Exo 21:19 (E); cheeks Job 16:10; man (on) cheek (2accusative) Lam 3:30; Psa 3:8; man עַללְֿחִי Micah 4:14 (ב instrumental), 1Ki 22:24 2Ch 18:23; eye Exo 21:26 (E); מַכֵּךְ שֵׁבֶט Isa 14:29 (figurative of conqueror); with (בׅ stone or fist Exo 21:18 (E), compare (figurative) Isa 58:4 (absolute); smite lion or bear 1Sa 17:35; strike river (with rod מַטֶּה) 1Sa 7:17 (with עַל object, + ב instrumental), 1 Samuel 7:20; Exo 17:5 (E; ב instrumental), also (with mantle) 2Ki 2:8, 2Ki 2:14 (twice in verse), compare ׳י smiting Euphrates into (לׅ seven streams Isa 11:15; dust Exo 8:12; Exo 8:13 (P); rock Exo 17:6 (E), Num 20:11 (P; ב instrumental), Psa 78:20; figurative smite earth מִּיו בְּשֵׁבֶט Isa 11:4 (of future Davidic king); strike on ground (אַ֫רְצָה; with arrows) 2Ki 13:18, also (absolute) 2Ki 13:18; 2Ki 13:19; strike weapons out of (מִן) hands, Eze 39:3 (׳י; figurative of making powerless); lintel of door Amo 9:1; barley-loaf strikes tent Jdg 7:13 (in dream); in figure of regret, remorse אֹתוֺ דָּוִד לֵב וַיַּךְ 2Sa 24:10 and David's heart smote him, so 1Sa 24:6 (+ עַלאֲֿשֶׁר because); of goat smiting (butting with horn) the ram, so as to break its horns Dan 8:7 (in vision); smite = hit with missile, sling-stone 1Sa 17:49 (with accusative of person + אֶלמִֿצְחוֺ), compare 2Ki 3:25 (but text perhaps corrupt, see Benz); arrow, 1Ki 22:34 2Ch 18:33 (with accusative of person + בֵּין), 2Ki 9:24 (c. id.); of piercing, וּבַקִּיר בְּדָוִד בַּחֲנִית הַכּוֺת 1Sa 19:10 smite with the dart into David and into the wall, pin David to the wall, אֶתהַֿח ׳וַיַּךְ בַּקִּיר 1Sa 19:10, compare 1Sa 18:11, וּבָאָרֶץ בַחֲנִית אַכֶּנּוּ 1Sa 26:8.
b. smite repeatedly, beat, a man Exo 2:11, Exo 2:13 (E), Exo 5:16 (J), Neh 13:25 (מִן partitive), compare Deu 25:11; here probably also 1Ki 20:35 (twice in verse); 1Ki 20:37 (twice in verse) (וּפָצֹעַ הַכֵּה beating and bruising him); of Assyria under figure of taskmaster Isa 10:24; beat a woman so as to bruise her (מָּצַע) Son 5:7; beat by authority, scourge Jer 20:2; Jer 37:15; Deu 25:2-3,(with accusative of person + accusative of congnate meaning with verb רַבָּה מַכָּה), Deu 25:3 compare הַכּוֺת כִּן Deu 25:2 i.e. worthy of scourging, bastinado, (compare Dr); 2Ch 25:16; Pro 17:10; Pro 19:25; Pro 23:13-14, (ב instrumental); compare לְמַכִּים נָחַתִּי גֵּוִי Isa 50:6; of hail, beat down herbage etc. Exo 9:25 (twice in verse) (compare Pu`al).
c. כַף וַיַּכּוּ 2Ki 11:12 and they clapped hands (in applause); elsewhere only Ezek., in mockery; אֶלכַּֿף כַּף Eze 21:19; Eze 21:22; בְּכַמְּךָ Eze 6:11 (|| בְּרַגְלְךָ רְקַּע; accusative כַּמִּי Eze 22:13.
d. give a thrust (with fork) into (ב) pot 1Sa 2:14; strike roots Hos 14:6 (in figurative, but וַיֵּלְכוּ We Now).
e. rarely smite (in battle) so as (merely) to wound 1Ki 8:28, so (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb מַכָּה) 1Ki 8:29; 1Ki 9:18 2Ch 22:6; figurative of ׳יs wounding Israel Hos 6:1 (opposed to חָבַשׁ bind up), Jer 30:14 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb). compare smite with (ב) the tongue Jer 18:18.
f. smite, of sun, etc., with accusative of person Isa 49:10; Psa 121:6; with עַל Jon 4:8.
2 Smite fatally:
a. (subject man) smite, with accusative, + word of killing (dying): — object lion and bear 1Sa 17:35; man Exo 21:12, Exo 21:20 (E), Jos 10:26 (JE), Jos 11:17 (D), 1Sa 17:50; 2Sa 1:15; 2Sa 2:31 (מִן partitive + ב among), 2Sa 4:7; 2Sa 14:6; 2Sa 18:15; 2Sa 21:17; 1Ki 16:10; 2 Kings 12:22; 2Ki 15:30; 2Ki 25:21 = Jer 52:27; 2Ki 25:25; Jer 41:2; Num 35:16-17, Num 35:18, Num 35:21 (P; all with ב instrumental); with accusative + אֶלחֹֿמֶשׁ + ב instrumental 2Sa 2:23 smote him (fatally) in the belly with (on text see HPS), 2Sa 20:10, compare 2Sa 3:27; 2Sa 4:6 (but strike out ᵐ5 Ew Th We Dr Bu HPS); נֶפֶשׁ וְהִכָּהוּ Deu 19:11 and he smite him in his life (mortally), and he die, compare (without word of dying) Deu 19:6; Gen 37:21 (J), Jer 40:14-15, [otherwise Lev 24:17; Lev 24:18; Num 35:11; Num 35:15; Num 35:30; Deuteronomy 27:35; Jos 20:3, Jos 20:9]; with prolepsis חֲלָלִים לְהַכּוֺת smite the slain Jdg 20:31, Jdg 20:39; + אַ֫רְצָה smite to the ground i.e. kill 2Sa 2:22; 2Sa 18:11.
b. smite, of worm gnawing or boring so as to kill plant Jon 4:7.
c. very often = kill, slay, man or beast (c. 150 t.): Gen 4:15; Gen 8:21 (exterminate; both J), Exo 2:12; Num 21:35 (E), Jos 7:5 (מִן partitive), Jos 7:5 (JE), Deu 19:6; Deu 21:1; Deu 27:24-25, Jos 11:10 (ב instrumental; all D), Lev 24:17-18, Lev 24:21 (twice in verse) (H), Num 35:11, Num 35:15, Num 35:21, Num 35:24, Num 35:30; Jos 9:18; Jos 20:3, Jos 20:9 (all P), Jdg 15:16; 1Sa 17:9 (twice in verse); 1Sa 17:36; 2Sa 12:9 (ב instrumental), 2Ki 9:7 (exterminate), etc.; with ב among 1Sa 23:5, מִן partitive Jdg 14:19; Jdg 20:45; with ב partitive slay at, work slaughter among 2Sa 23:10 (insert also in || 1Ch 11:13 see Beon the passage Dr2Sa 23:10), but also ב of direct object 1Sa 18:7; 1Sa 21:12; 1Sa 29:5; subject lion 1Ki 20:36 (twice in verse) compare Jer 5:6 (figurative of judgment); ׳י subject 1Sa 6:19b (ב among, + accusative of congnate meaning with verb; 1Sa 6:19 a וַיַּךְ corrupt see ᵐ5 Th We Dr Kl Kit Bu HPS); slay firstborn Exo 12:2 (J), Exo 12:29; Num 3:13; Num 8:17; Num 33:4 (all P), Psa 78:51; Psa 105:36; Psa 135:8; God slays for (עַל) sin 2Sa 6:7 = 1Ch 13:10 (עַלאֲֿשֶׁר); slay לְפִיחֶֿרֶב Deu 13:16; Deu 20:13; Jos 11:11-12, Jos 11:14 (all D), Jdg 18:27; Jdg 21:10; 1Sa 22:9; 2Ki 10:25; Jer 21:7; Job 1:15, Job 1:17; kill, slay, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb (מַכָּה) 1Sa 14:14; 1Ki 20:21 (ב among), 2Ch 13:17 (בָּהֶם), 2Ch 25:13 (מֵהֶם); with accusative of person + accusative of congnate meaning with verb Jos 10:20 (JE), Est 9:5, etc.; kill unwittingly, unintentionally דַ֫עַת בִבְלִי הִכָּה Deu 19:4; Jos 20:5 (both D).
3 Smite = attack, attack and destroy a company Gen 32:9, Gen 32:12; Gen 34:30; Jos 8:21; Jdg 8:11; Jdg 9:43; 2Ki 8:21; 2Ch 21:9; attack and capture a city Jdg 1:8 Jdg 1:12 = Jos 15:16 (JE), Jos 7:3; Jos 10:4 (JE), 1Sa 30:1; 1Ki 15:20 2Ch 16:4; 2Ki 15:16 (twice in verse); 1Ch 20:1; 2Ch 14:13; Jer 47:1; tents 1Ch 4:41; 2Ch 14:14; = sack a city לְפִיחֶֿרֶב (slaying inhabitants), Jos 8:24; Jos 19:47 (both J E), Jos 10:28, Jos 10:30, Jos 10:32, Jos 10:35, Jos 10:37 compare Jos 10:39 (all D), Jdg 1:25; Jdg 20:37; 2Sa 15:14; especially defeat king or army (involving often overthrow, pursuit and slaughter), — approximately 95 t., — Gen 14:5, Gen 14:15, Gen 14:17; Num 14:45; Num 21:24 (JE), Jos 8:12; Jos 10:10 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Jos 10:10 (עַד location), Jos 11:8 (twice in verse) (all J E), Deu 1:4; Deu 2:33; Deu 3:3; Deu 4:46; Deu 7:2; Deu 29:6; Jos 10:33, Jos 10:40 (מִןו֯עד location), Jos 12:1, Jos 12:6, Jos 12:12; Jos 13:12 (all D); Jdg 1:5, Jdg 1:17; 1Sa 11:11 (עד temporal), 1Ki 13:17 (עַדכַּֿלֵּה), 2Ki 3:24a + 2Ki 3:24b (where read וְהַכּוֺת בוֺא וַיָּבֹאוּ and they went on defeating), Isa 10:20; Jer 37:10, etc.; insert וַיַּךְ or הִכָּה in 2Sa 8:13 Th Ke Kit Bu compare Dr, after ᵐ5; with ב object 1Sa 14:31; 1Sa 23:2 (twice in verse) (ה locative — מִן); + חֶרֶב לְפִי Jdg 20:48, etc.; of gods causing defeat2Ch 28:23; smite land = conquer, subjugate, sometimes ravage, Gen 14:7; Jos 10:40 (D), 1Sa 27:9; Jer 43:11; Jer 46:13, compare Isa 14:6 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb); subject ׳י Num 32:4 (P); of ׳י smiting sea גַּלִּים בַיָּם וְהִכָּה Zec 10:11 (BevJPhoenician xviii. 35 (1889), 88 proposes גבלים).
4 Of God,
a. smite with (ב) a plague, disease, etc.: — blindness Gen 19:11 (J), 2Ki 6:18 (twice in verse) compare Zec 12:4 (twice in verse) (symbolic); of Egyptian plagues Exo 3:20; Exo 9:15 (both J), 1Sa 4:8, without ב Exo 7:25 (J), Exo 12:13 (P), Psa 136:10 (accusative + בִּבְכוֺרֵיהֶם); other plagues Num 14:12 (JE), Deu 28:22, Deu 28:27, Deu 28:28, Deu 28:35; 1Sa 5:6; 2Sa 24:17; Job 2:7; Amo 4:9; Hag 2:17; Malachi 3:24; without ב, 1Sa 5:9; 2Ki 19:35 = Isa 37:26; Num 11:33 (J E; בָּעָם + accusative of congnate meaning with verb); smite vines with (ב) blight Psa 105:33.
b. smite = chastise, or send judgment upon, usually with accusative, 1Ki 14:15; 1Ch 21:7; <

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