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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. Numbers 25:14 הֻכָּה֙ hu.Kah · An action: being caused, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.

  2. Numbers 25:15 הַמֻּכָּ֛ה ha.mu.Kah · An -ing word: being caused, it is done to the subject

    And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.

  3. Numbers 25:17 וְהִכִּיתֶ֖ם ve.hi.ki.Tem · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    Vex the Midianites, and smite them;

  4. Numbers 25:18 הַמֻּכָּ֥ה ha.mu.Kah · An -ing word: being caused, it is done to the subject

    for they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.

  5. Numbers 32:4 הִכָּ֤ה hi.Kah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle.

  6. Numbers 33:4 הִכָּ֧ה hi.Kah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom Jehovah had smitten among them: upon their gods also Jehovah executed judgments.

  7. Numbers 35:11 מַכֵּה־ ma.keh- · An -ing word: causing it

    then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

  8. Numbers 35:15 מַכֵּה־ ma.keh- · An -ing word: causing it

    For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

  9. Numbers 35:16 הִכָּ֛הוּ hi.Ka.hu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

  10. Numbers 35:17 הִכָּ֛הוּ hi.Ka.hu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

  11. Numbers 35:18 הִכָּ֛הוּ hi.Ka.hu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

  12. Numbers 35:21 הִכָּ֤הוּ hi.Ka.hu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

  13. Numbers 35:21 הַמַּכֶּ֖ה ha.ma.Keh · An -ing word: causing it

    or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

  14. Numbers 35:24 הַמַּכֶּ֔ה ha.ma.Keh · An -ing word: causing it

    then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

  15. Numbers 35:30 מַ֨כֵּה־ Ma.keh- · An -ing word: causing it

    Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

  16. Deuteronomy 1:4 הַכֹּת֗וֹ ha.ko.To · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.

  17. Deuteronomy 2:33 וַנַּ֥ךְ va.Nakh · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by us

    And Jehovah our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

  18. Deuteronomy 3:3 וַנַּכֵּ֕הוּ va.na.Ke.hu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by us

    So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

  19. Deuteronomy 4:46 הִכָּ֤ה hi.Kah · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt.

  20. Deuteronomy 7:2 וְהִכִּיתָ֑ם ve.hi.ki.Tam · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by you

    and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;

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