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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. Deuteronomy 13:15 הַכֵּ֣ה ha.Keh · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

  2. Deuteronomy 13:15 תַכֶּ֗ה ta.Keh · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

  3. Deuteronomy 19:4 יַכֶּ֤ה ya.Keh · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

  4. Deuteronomy 19:6 וְהִכָּ֣הוּ ve.hi.Ka.hu · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

  5. Deuteronomy 19:11 וְהִכָּ֥הוּ ve.hi.Ka.hu · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;

  6. Deuteronomy 20:13 וְהִכִּיתָ֥ ve.hi.ki.Ta · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by you

    and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

  7. Deuteronomy 21:1 הִכָּֽהוּ׃ hi.Ka.hu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;

  8. Deuteronomy 25:2 הַכּ֖וֹת ha.Kot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

  9. Deuteronomy 25:2 וְהִכָּ֣הוּ ve.hi.Ka.hu · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

  10. Deuteronomy 25:3 יַכֶּ֖נּוּ ya.Ke.nu · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

  11. Deuteronomy 25:3 לְהַכֹּת֤וֹ le.ha.ko.To · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

  12. Deuteronomy 25:11 מַכֵּ֑הוּ ma.Ke.hu · An -ing word: causing it

    When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets;

  13. Deuteronomy 27:24 מַכֵּ֥ה ma.Keh · An -ing word: causing it

    Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  14. Deuteronomy 27:25 לְהַכּ֥וֹת le.ha.Kot · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  15. Deuteronomy 28:22 יַכְּכָ֣ה ya.ke.Khah · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

  16. Deuteronomy 28:27 יַכְּכָ֨ה ya.ke.Khah · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

  17. Deuteronomy 28:28 יַכְּכָ֣ה ya.ke.Khah · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

  18. Deuteronomy 28:35 יַכְּכָ֨ה ya.ke.Khah · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head.

  19. Deuteronomy 29:7 וַנַּכֵּֽם׃ va.na.Kem · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by us

    And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

  20. 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.

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