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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. Psalms 3:7 הִכִּ֣יתָ hi.Ki.ta · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

  2. Psalms 60:title וַיַּ֣ךְ vai.Yakh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.

  3. Psalms 69:26 הִכִּ֣יתָ hi.Ki.ta · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

  4. Psalms 78:20 הִכָּה־ hi.kah- · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

  5. Psalms 78:51 וַיַּ֣ךְ vai.Yakh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

  6. Psalms 78:66 וַיַּךְ־ vai.yakh- · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.

  7. Psalms 102:4 הוּכָּֽה־ hu.kah- · An action: being caused, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

  8. Psalms 105:33 וַיַּ֣ךְ vai.Yakh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.

  9. Psalms 105:36 וַיַּ֣ךְ vai.Yakh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief of all their strength.

  10. Psalms 121:6 יַכֶּ֗כָּה ya.Ke.kah · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

  11. Psalms 135:8 שֶֽׁ֭הִכָּה She.hi.kah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Who smote the first-born of Egypt, Both of man and beast;

  12. Psalms 135:10 שֶֽׁ֭הִכָּה She.hi.kah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Who smote many nations, And slew mighty kings,

  13. Psalms 136:10 לְמַכֵּ֣ה le.ma.Keh · An -ing word: causing it

    To him that smote Egypt in their first-born; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

  14. Psalms 136:17 לְ֭מַכֵּה Le.ma.keh · An -ing word: causing it

    To him that smote great kings; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

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