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Strong's Number H5221

נָכָה

nakah · naw-kaw'

Transliteration:

nakah{naw-kaw'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1364

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

smite 113, slay 14, kill 20, beat 9, slaughter 5, stricken 3, given 3, wounded 3, strike 1, stripes 2, misc 13

Total: 500
Occurs 499 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

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)