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נָכָה

na.khah · to smite

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

English

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. Joshua 7:3 וְיַכּ֣וּ ve.ya.Ku · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

  2. Joshua 7:5 וַיַּכּ֨וּ vai.ya.Ku · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

  3. Joshua 7:5 וַיַּכּ֖וּם vai.ya.Kum · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

  4. Joshua 8:21 וַיַּכּ֖וּ vai.ya.Ku · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

  5. Joshua 8:22 וַיַּכּ֣וּ vai.ya.Ku · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And the others came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

  6. Joshua 8:24 וַיַּכּ֥וּ vai.ya.Ku · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

  7. Joshua 9:18 הִכּוּם֙ hi.Kum · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

  8. Joshua 10:4 וְנַכֶּ֖ה ve.na.Keh · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

  9. Joshua 10:10 וַיַּכֵּ֥ם vai.ya.Kem · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

  10. Joshua 10:10 וַיַּכֵּ֥ם vai.ya.Kem · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

  11. Joshua 10:20 לְהַכּוֹתָ֛ם le.ha.ko.Tam · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,

  12. Joshua 10:26 וַיַּכֵּ֨ם vai.ya.Kem · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

  13. Joshua 10:28 וַיַּכֶּ֣הָ vai.ya.Ke.ha · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof: he utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

  14. Joshua 10:30 וַיַּכֶּ֣הָ vai.ya.Ke.ha · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

  15. Joshua 10:32 וַיַּכֶּ֣הָ vai.ya.Ke.ha · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

  16. Joshua 10:33 וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּ vai.ya.Ke.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

  17. Joshua 10:35 וַיַּכּ֣וּהָ vai.ya.Ku.ha · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

  18. Joshua 10:37 וַיַּכּֽוּהָ־ vai.ya.ku.ha- · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein.

  19. Joshua 10:39 וַיַּכּ֣וּם vai.ya.Kum · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.

  20. Joshua 10:40 וַיַּכֶּ֣ה vai.ya.Keh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded.

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