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נָכָה

na.khah · to smite

Hebrew · Strong's H5221 · Verb · Sounds like: naw-kaw' · 500 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[נָכָה] 501 vb. smite (not in Qal)
Niph. and he shall be smitten [struck by weapon in battle] and die
Pu. both be smitten down by the hail
Hiph.
1.
a. lit., smite (with a single, non-fatal, blow), strike
b. smite repeatedly, beat a man
c. and they clapped hands (in applause)
d. give a thrust (with fork) into pot; strike roots
e. rarely smite (in battle) so as (merely) to wound
f. smite, of sun
2. Smite fatally
3. Smite = attack, attack and destroy a company
4. Of God
a. smite with a plague, disease, etc.
b. smite = chastise, or send judgment upon
c. of God’s destroying palaces
Hoph. be smitten

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Samuel 1:1 מֵהַכּ֖וֹת me.ha.Kot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

  2. 2 Samuel 1:15 וַיַּכֵּ֖הוּ vai.ya.Ke.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.

  3. 2 Samuel 2:22 אַכֶּ֙כָּה֙ 'ak.Ke.kah · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

  4. 2 Samuel 2:23 וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ vai.ya.Ke.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

  5. 2 Samuel 2:31 הִכּוּ֙ hi.Ku · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

  6. 2 Samuel 3:27 וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּ vai.ya.Ke.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

  7. 2 Samuel 4:6 וַיַּכֻּ֖הוּ vai.ya.Ku.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

  8. 2 Samuel 4:7 וַיַּכֻּ֙הוּ֙ vai.ya.Ku.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

  9. 2 Samuel 5:8 מַכֵּ֤ה ma.Keh · An -ing word: causing it

    And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and smite the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul. Wherefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.

  10. 2 Samuel 5:20 וַיַּכֵּ֣ם vai.ya.Kem · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

  11. 2 Samuel 5:24 לְהַכּ֖וֹת le.ha.Kot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

  12. 2 Samuel 5:25 וַיַּךְ֙ vai.yaKh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.

  13. 2 Samuel 6:7 וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ vai.ya.Ke.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

  14. 2 Samuel 8:1 וַיַּ֥ךְ vai.Yakh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.

  15. 2 Samuel 8:2 וַיַּ֣ךְ vai.Yakh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

  16. 2 Samuel 8:3 וַיַּ֣ךְ vai.Yakh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.

  17. 2 Samuel 8:5 וַיַּ֤ךְ vai.Yakh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

  18. 2 Samuel 8:9 הִכָּ֣ה hi.Kah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

  19. 2 Samuel 8:10 וַיַּכֵּ֔הוּ vai.ya.Ke.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

  20. 2 Samuel 8:13 מֵהַכּוֹת֥וֹ me.ha.ko.To · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.

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