Lexicon :: Strong's H5221 - nāḵâ

נָכָה

Transliteration

nāḵâ

Pronunciation

naw-kaw'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

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TWOT Reference: 1364

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

נָכָה nâkâh, naw-kaw'; a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively):—beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), × go forward, × indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, × surely, wound.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 500x

The KJV translates Strong's H5221 in the following manner: smite (348x), slay (92x), kill (20x), beat (9x), slaughter (5x), stricken (3x), given (3x), wounded (3x), strike (2x), stripes (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 500x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill
1. (Niphal) to be stricken or smitten
2. (Pual) to be stricken or smitten
3. (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
4. (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)

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STRONGS H5221: Abbreviations

[נָכָה]₅₀₁ verb smite (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew Hiph. id.; Perfect 3rd person plural הכו SI⁴, Infinitive [ת]להכ ib. ²; Syriac , laesit, nocuit, repugnavit; Aph`el laesit, vulneravit; Ethiopic laesit, nocuit; compare Arabic be defeated, the inflicting of injury on an enemy Lane³⁰³⁸); —
† Niph. Perfect וְנִכָּה וָמֵת consecutive 2 Samuel 11:15 and he shall be smitten [struck by weapon in battle] and die.
† Pu. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נֻכָּ֑תָה Exodus 9:31; 3rd peson plural נֻכּוּ Exodus 9:32 (J), both be smitten down by the hail.
Hiph.₄₈₂ Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִכָּה Exodus 9:25 +; suffix וְהִכַּ֫נִי consecutive Genesis 32:12, הִכָּם Jeremiah 5:6; 2nd person masculine singular הִכִּ֫יתָ Exodus 17:5 +; 1st person singular הִכֵּיתִי Judges 15:16 +, וְהִכֵּתִ֫י Exodus 3:20 +; 3rd person plural הִכּוּ Genesis 19:11 +; 2nd person masculine plural הִכִּיתֶם Jeremiah 37:10 + 3 times consecutive; etc.; Imperfect + 3rd person masculine singular יַכֶּה Exodus 21:20 +, יַךְ Hosea 6:1 (but read וַיַּךְ We Now GASm); וְיַח Hosea 14:6 (see below); וַיַּכֶּה Joshua 10:40 +, usually וַיַּךְ Exodus 2:12 +; suffix 2nd person masculine singular יַכֶּ֫כָּה Jeremiah 40:15 + 2 times, 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּכּוֺ 2 Samuel 14:6 (but read וַיַּךְ . Th We Dr Klo Kit Bu HPS), יַכֶּ֫נּוּ 1 Samuel 17:25 + 2 times; usually וַיַּכֵּ֫הוּ Numbers 21:24 +; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּךְ Jonah 4:7, 8; 2nd person masculine singular תַּכֶּה Exodus 2:13 +; suffix 3rd person masculine singular תַּכֶּ֫נּוּ Proverbs 23:13, 14; 1st person singular אַכֶּה 1 Samuel 18:11 +; וָאַכֶּה Nehemiah 13:25, וָאַךְ Exodus 9:15; 3rd person masculine plural יַכוּ Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; usually וַיַּכּוּ Genesis 14:5 + (1 Samuel 4:2 read probably Hoph. which see); 1st person plural נַכֶּהֿ Numbers 22:6; וַנַךְ Deuteronomy 2:33, etc.; Imperative הַכֵּה Ezekiel 6:11, הַךְ Amos 9:1 +; masculine plural הַכּוּ 2 Samuel 13:28, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַכֵּה Deuteronomy 3:16 +, הַכּוֺת 2 Kings 3:24 (Ges^{§ 75ff}); construct. הַכּוֺת Genesis 4:15 +, etc.; Participle מַכֶּה Exodus 2:11 +; construct מַכֵּה Exodus 21:12 +; plural מַכִּים 1 Samuel 4:8 +, etc.; —

a. literally, smite (with a single, non-fatal, blow), strike, followed by accusative, ass Numbers 22:23, 25, 27 (בְּמַקֵּל), Numbers 22:28; Numbers 22:32 (all J); man Exodus 21:15, 19 (E); cheeks Job 16:10; man (on) cheek (2 accusative) Lamentations 3:30; Psalm 3:8; man עַללְֿחִי Micah 4:14 (ב instrumental), 1 Kings 22:24 2 Chronicles 18:23; eye Exodus 21:26 (E); שֵׁבֶט מַכֵּךְ Isaiah 14:29 (figurative of conqueror); with (ב) stone or fist Exodus 21:18 (E), compare (figurative) Isaiah 58:4 (absolute); smite lion or bear 1 Samuel 17:35; strike river (with rod מַטֶּה) Exodus 7:17 (with עַל object, + ב instrumental), Exodus 7:20; Exodus 17:5 (E; ב instrumental), also (with mantle) 2 Kings 2:8, 14 (twice in verse), compare י׳ smiting Euphrates into (לׅ seven streams Isaiah 11:15; dust Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13 (P); rock Exodus 17:6 (E), Numbers 20:11 (P; ב instrumental), Psalm 78:20; figurative smite earth פִּיו בְּשֵׁבֶט Isaiah 11:4 (of future Davidic king); strike on ground (אַ֫רְצָה; with arrows) 2 Kings 13:18, also (absolute) 2 Kings 13:18; 2 Kings 13:19; strike weapons out of (מִן) hands, Ezekiel 39:3 (י׳; figurative of making powerless); lintel of door Amos 9:1; barley-loaf strikes tent Judges 7:13 (in dream); in figure of regret, remorse וַיַּךְ לֵב דָּוִד אֹתוֺ 2 Samuel 24:10 and David's heart smote him, so 1 Samuel 24:6 (+ עַלאֲֿשֶׁר because); of goat smiting (butting with horn) the ram, so as to break its horns Daniel 8:7 (in vision); smite = hit with missile, sling-stone 1 Samuel 17:49 (with accusative of person + אֶלמִֿצְחוֺ), compare 2 Kings 3:25 (but text perhaps corrupt, see Benz); arrow, 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33 (with accusative of person + בֵּין), 2 Kings 9:24 (with id.); of piercing, הַכּוֺת בַּחֲנִית בְּדָוִד וּבַקִּיר 1 Samuel 19:10 smite with the dart into David and into the wall, pin David to the wall, בַּקִּיר וַיַּךְ אֶתהַֿח׳ 1 Samuel 19:10, compare 1 Samuel 18:11, אַכֶּנּוּ בַחֲנִית וּבָאָרֶץ 1 Samuel 26:8.

b. smite repeatedly, beat, a man Exodus 2:11, 13 (E), Exodus 5:16 (J), Nehemiah 13:25 (מִן partitive), compare Deuteronomy 25:11; here probably also 1 Kings 20:35 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 20:37 (twice in verse) (הַכֵּה וּפָצֹעַ beating and bruising him); of Assyria under figure of taskmaster Isaiah 10:24; beat a woman so as to bruise her (פָּצַע) Songs 5:7; beat by authority, scourge Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 37:15; Deuteronomy 25:2, 3 (with accusative of person + accusative of congnate meaning with verb מַכָּה רַבָּה), Deuteronomy 25:3 compare כִּן הַכּוֺת Deuteronomy 25:2 i.e. worthy of scourging, bastinado, (compare Dr); 2 Chronicles 25:16; Proverbs 17:10; Proverbs 19:25; Proverbs 23:13, 14 (ב instrumental); compare גֵּוִי נָחַתִּי לְמַכִּים Isaiah 50:6; of hail, beat down herbage etc. Exodus 9:25 (twice in verse) (compare Pu.).

c. וַיַּכּוּ כַף 2 Kings 11:12 and they clapped hands (in applause); elsewhere only Ezekiel, in mockery; כַּף אֶלכַּֿף Ezekiel 21:19; Ezekiel 21:22; בְּכַפְּךָ Ezekiel 6:11 (|| רְקַּע בְּרַגְלְךָ; accusative כַּפִּי כַּמִּי Ezekiel 22:13.

d. give a thrust (with fork) into (ב) pot 1 Samuel 2:14; strike roots Hosea 14:6 (in figurative, but וַיֵּלְכוּ We Now).

e. rarely smite (in battle) so as (merely) to wound 1 Kings 8:28, so (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb מַכָּה) 1 Kings 8:29; 1 Kings 9:18 2 Chronicles 22:6; figurative of י׳'s wounding Israel Hosea 6:1 (opposed to חָבַשׁ bind up), Jeremiah 30:14 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb). compare smite with (ב) the tongue Jeremiah 18:18.

f. smite, of sun, etc., with accusative of person Isaiah 49:10; Psalm 121:6; with עַל Jonah 4:8.

2. Smite fatally:

a. (subject man) smite, with accusative, + word of killing (dying): — object lion and bear 1 Samuel 17:35; man Exodus 21:12, 20 (E), Joshua 10:26 (JE), Joshua 11:17 (D), 1 Samuel 17:50; 2 Samuel 1:15; 2 Samuel 2:31 (מִן partitive + ב among), 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Samuel 14:6; 2 Samuel 18:15; 2 Samuel 21:17; 1 Kings 16:10; 2 Kings 12:22 [2 Kings 12:21]; 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 25:21 = Jeremiah 52:27; 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 41:2; Numbers 35:16, 17, 18, 21 (P; all with ב instrumental); with accusative + אֶלחֹֿמֶשׁ + ב instrumental 2 Samuel 2:23 smote him (fatally) in the belly with (on text see HPS), 2 Samuel 20:10, compare 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 4:6 (but strike out Ew Th We Dr Bu HPS); וְהִכָּהוּ נֶפֶשׁ Deuteronomy 19:11 and he smite him in his life (mortally), and he die, compare (without word of dying) Deuteronomy 19:6; Genesis 37:21 (J), Jeremiah 40:14, 15 [otherwise Leviticus 24:17; Leviticus 24:18; Numbers 35:11; Numbers 35:15; Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 27:35; Joshua 20:3, 9]; with prolepsis לְהַכּוֺת חֲלָלִים smite the slain Judges 20:31, 39; + אַ֫רְצָה smite to the ground i.e. kill 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Samuel 18:11.

b. smite, of worm gnawing or boring so as to kill plant Jonah 4:7.

c. very often = kill, slay, man or beast (approximately + 150 times): Genesis 4:15; Genesis 8:21 (exterminate; both J), Exodus 2:12; Numbers 21:35 (E), Joshua 7:5 (מִן partitive), Joshua 7:5 (JE), Deuteronomy 19:6; Deuteronomy 21:1; Deuteronomy 27:24, 25; Joshua 11:10 (ב instrumental; all D), Leviticus 24:17, 18, 21 (twice in verse) (H), Numbers 35:11, 15, 21, 24, 30; Joshua 9:18; Joshua 20:3, 9 (all P), Judges 15:16; 1 Samuel 17:9 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 17:36; 2 Samuel 12:9 (ב instrumental), 2 Kings 9:7 (exterminate), etc.; with ב among 1 Samuel 23:5, מִן partitive Judges 14:19; Judges 20:45; with ב partitive slay at, work slaughter among 2 Samuel 23:10 (insert also in || 1 Chronicles 11:13 see Be^{on the passage} Dr ^{2 Samuel 23:10}), but also ב of direct object 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 29:5; subject lion 1 Kings 20:36 (twice in verse) compare Jeremiah 5:6 (figurative of judgment); י׳ subject 1 Samuel 6:19b (ב among, + accusative of congnate meaning with verb; 1 Samuel 6:19a וַיַּךְ corrupt see Th We Dr Kl Kit Bu HPS); slay firstborn Exodus 12:2 (J), Exodus 12:29; Numbers 3:13; Numbers 8:17; Numbers 33:4 (all P), Psalm 78:51; Psalm 105:36; Psalm 135:8; God slays for (עַל) sin 2 Samuel 6:7 = 1 Chronicles 13:10 (עַלאֲֿשֶׁר); slay לְפִיחֶֿרֶב Deuteronomy 13:16; Deuteronomy 20:13; Joshua 11:11, 12, 14 (all D), Judges 18:27; Judges 21:10; 1 Samuel 22:9; 2 Kings 10:25; Jeremiah 21:7; Job 1:15, 17; kill, slay, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb (מַכָּה) 1 Samuel 14:14; 1 Kings 20:21 (ב among), 2 Chronicles 13:17 (בָּהֶם), 2 Chronicles 25:13 (מֵהֶם); with accusative of person + accusative of congnate meaning with verb Joshua 10:20 (JE), Esther 9:5, etc.; kill unwittingly, unintentionally הִכָּה בִבְלִי דַ֫עַת Deuteronomy 19:4; Joshua 20:5 (both D).

3. Smite = attack, attack and destroy a company Genesis 32:9, 12; Genesis 34:30; Joshua 8:21; Judges 8:11; Judges 9:43; 2 Kings 8:21; 2 Chronicles 21:9; attack and capture a city Judges 1:8 Judges 1:12 = Joshua 15:16 (JE), Joshua 7:3; Joshua 10:4 (JE), 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Kings 15:20 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Kings 15:16 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 14:13; Jeremiah 47:1; tents 1 Chronicles 4:41; 2 Chronicles 14:14; = sack a city לְפִיחֶֿרֶב (slaying inhabitants), Joshua 8:24; Joshua 19:47 (both J E), Joshua 10:28, 30, 32, 35, 37 compare Joshua 10:39 (all D), Judges 1:25; Judges 20:37; 2 Samuel 15:14; especially defeat king or army (involving often overthrow, pursuit and slaughter), — approximately + 95 times, — Genesis 14:5, 15, 17; Numbers 14:45; Numbers 21:24 (JE), Joshua 8:12; Joshua 10:10 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Joshua 10:10 (עַד location), Joshua 11:8 (twice in verse) (all J E), Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 2:33; Deuteronomy 3:3; Deuteronomy 4:46; Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 29:6; Joshua 10:33, 40 (מִןו֯עד location), Joshua 12:1, 6, 12; Joshua 13:12 (all D); Judges 1:5, 17; 1 Samuel 11:11 (עד temporal), 1 Kings 13:17 (עַדכַּֿלֵּה), 2 Kings 3:24a + 2 Kings 3:24b (where read וַיָּבֹאוּ בוֺא וְהַכּוֺת and they went on defeating), Isaiah 10:20; Jeremiah 37:10, etc.; insert וַיַּךְ or הִכָּה in 2 Samuel 8:13 Th Ke Kit Bu compare Dr, after ; with ב object 1 Samuel 14:31; 1 Samuel 23:2 (twice in verse) (ה locative — מִן); + לְפִי חֶרֶב Judges 20:48, etc.; of gods causing defeat 2 Chronicles 28:23; smite land = conquer, subjugate, sometimes ravage, Genesis 14:7; Joshua 10:40 (D), 1 Samuel 27:9; Jeremiah 43:11; Jeremiah 46:13, compare Isaiah 14:6 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb); subject י׳ Numbers 32:4 (P); of י׳ smiting sea וְהִכָּה בַיָּם גַּלִּים Zechariah 10:11 (Bev^{JPhoenician xviii. 35 (1889), 88} proposes גבלים).

4. Of God,

a. smite with (ב) a plague, disease, etc.: — blindness Genesis 19:11 (J), 2 Kings 6:18 (twice in verse) compare Zechariah 12:4 (twice in verse) (symbolic); of Egyptian plagues Exodus 3:20; Exodus 9:15 (both J), 1 Samuel 4:8, without ב Exodus 7:25 (J), Exodus 12:13 (P), Psalm 136:10 (accusative + בִּבְכוֺרֵיהֶם); other plagues Numbers 14:12 (JE), Deuteronomy 28:22, 27, 28, 35; 1 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 24:17; Job 2:7; Amos 4:9; Haggai 2:17; Malachi 3:24; without ב, 1 Samuel 5:9; 2 Kings 19:35 = Isaiah 37:26; Numbers 11:33 (J E; בָּעָם + accusative of congnate meaning with verb); smite vines with (ב) blight Psalm 105:33.

b. smite = chastise, or send judgment upon, usually with accusative, 1 Kings 14:15; 1 Chronicles 21:7; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 9:12; Isaiah 27:7 (הַכְּמַכַּת מַכֵּהוּ הִכָּהוּ), Isaiah 30:31 (ב instrumental) Isaiah 57:17; Isaiah 60:10 (opposed to רִחַם) Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 5:3; Jeremiah 14:9; Ezekiel 32:15 ( Co זֵרָה scatter); with עִל punish for, (sin) Leviticus 26:24 (H).

c. of God's destroying palaces Amos 3:15; Amos 6:11 (2 accusative), compare Zechariah 9:4.

Hoph. Perfect הֻכָּה Hosea 9:16; Numbers 25:14, הוּכָּה Psalm 102:5; וְהֻכָּה consecutive Exodus 22:1; 3rd person feminine singular הֻכְּתָה Ezekiel 33:21; Ezekiel 40:1; 1st person singular הֻכֵּ֫יתִי Zechariah 13:6; 3rd person plural הֻכּוּ 1 Samuel 5:12; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיֻּכּוּ Exodus 5:14; 2nd person masculine plural תֻּכּוּ Isaiah 1:5; Participle מֻכֶּה Numbers 25:14, construct מֻכֵּה Isaiah 53:4; feminine מֻכָּה Numbers 25:15, 18; plural מֻכִּים Exodus 5:16, construct מֻכֵּיֿ Jeremiah 18:21; — be smitten:

1. = receive a blow Isaiah 1:5 (Judah under figure of man).

2. be wounded Zechariah 13:6.

3. be beaten Exodus 5:14, 16 (J).

4. be (fatally) smitten + verb of dying Exodus 22:1 (E); be killed, slain Numbers 25:14 (twice in verse); Numbers 25:15, 18 (with עַל, for), מֻכֵּיחֶֿרֶב Jeremiah 18:21 (|| הֲרֻגֵי מָ֑וֶת); so also (absolute) probably 1 Samuel 4:2 (read וַיֻּכּוּ Th Dr Klo Kit, for MT וַיַּכּוּ).

5. be attacked and captured, of city Ezekiel 33:21; Ezekiel 40:1.

6. be smitten with disease (by God) 1 Samuel 5:12; absolute, of י׳'s servant Isaiah 53:4.

7. be blighted, of plant (in figurative) Hosea 9:16 (Ehpraimitic source), Psalm 102:5 (heart, כָּעֵשֶׂב; both + יָבַשׁ).

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