Strongs Number: H5221
- Hebrew Word
- נָכָה
- Transliteration
- nâkâh
- Phonetic
- naw-kaw'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
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to strike (lightly or {severely} literally or figuratively)
- BDB Definition
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1. to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill
a. (Niphal) to be stricken or smitten
b. (Pual) to be stricken or smitten
c. (Hiphil)
1. to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust
2. to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)
3. to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage
4. to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy
d. (Hophal) to be smitten
1. to receive a blow
2. to be wounded
3. to be beaten
4. to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain
5. to be attacked and captured
6. to be smitten (with disease)
7. to be blighted (of plants)
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {beat} cast {forth} {clap} give {[wounds]} X-(idiom) go {forward} X-(idiom) {indeed} {kill} make {[slaughter]} {murderer} {punish} {slaughter} slay ({-er} {-ing}) smite ({-r} {-ing}) {strike} be {stricken} (give) {stripes} X-(idiom) {surely} wound.