STRONGS H5221:
Abbreviations
[
נָכָה]
501 verb smite (not in
Qal) (Late Hebrew Hiph.
id.;
Perfect 3rd person plural הכו SI
4,
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 Lane
3038); —
†
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.; —
1.
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.).
d. give a thrust (with fork) into (
ב) pot
1 Samuel 2:14;
strike roots
Hosea 14:6 (in figurative, but
וַיֵּלְכוּ We Now).
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.
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).
7. be blighted, of plant (in figurative)
Hosea 9:16 (Ehpraimitic source),
Psalm 102:5 (heart,
כָּעֵשֶׂב; both +
יָבַשׁ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
4:15; 4:15; 8:21; 14:5; 14:5; 14:7; 14:15; 14:17; 19:11; 19:11; 32:9; 32:12; 32:12; 34:30; 37:21
Exodus
2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:12; 2:13; 2:13; 3:20; 3:20; 5:14; 5:14; 5:16; 5:16; 5:16; 7:17; 7:20; 7:25; 8:12; 8:13; 9:15; 9:15; 9:25; 9:25; 9:31; 9:32; 12:2; 12:13; 12:29; 17:5; 17:5; 17:6; 21:12; 21:12; 21:15; 21:18; 21:19; 21:20; 21:20; 21:26; 22:1; 22:1
Leviticus
24:17; 24:17; 24:18; 24:18; 24:21; 26:24
Numbers
3:13; 8:17; 11:33; 14:12; 14:45; 20:11; 21:24; 21:24; 21:35; 22:6; 22:23; 22:25; 22:27; 22:28; 22:32; 25:14; 25:14; 25:14; 25:15; 25:15; 25:18; 25:18; 32:4; 33:4; 35:11; 35:11; 35:15; 35:15; 35:16; 35:17; 35:18; 35:21; 35:21; 35:24; 35:30; 35:30
Deuteronomy
1:4; 2:33; 2:33; 3:3; 3:16; 4:46; 7:2; 13:16; 19:4; 19:6; 19:6; 19:11; 20:13; 21:1; 25:2; 25:2; 25:3; 25:3; 25:11; 27:24; 27:25; 28:22; 28:27; 28:28; 28:35; 29:6
Joshua
7:3; 7:5; 7:5; 8:12; 8:21; 8:24; 9:18; 10:4; 10:10; 10:10; 10:20; 10:26; 10:28; 10:30; 10:32; 10:33; 10:35; 10:37; 10:39; 10:40; 10:40; 10:40; 11:8; 11:10; 11:11; 11:12; 11:14; 11:17; 12:1; 12:6; 12:12; 13:12; 15:16; 19:47; 20:3; 20:3; 20:5; 20:9; 20:9
Judges
1:5; 1:8; 1:12; 1:17; 1:25; 7:13; 8:11; 9:43; 14:19; 15:16; 15:16; 18:27; 20:31; 20:37; 20:39; 20:45; 20:48; 21:10
1 Samuel
2:14; 4:2; 4:2; 4:8; 4:8; 5:6; 5:9; 5:12; 5:12; 6:19; 6:19; 11:11; 14:14; 14:31; 17:9; 17:25; 17:35; 17:35; 17:36; 17:49; 17:50; 18:7; 18:11; 18:11; 19:10; 19:10; 21:12; 22:9; 23:2; 23:5; 24:6; 26:8; 27:9; 29:5; 30:1
2 Samuel
1:15; 2:22; 2:23; 2:31; 3:27; 4:6; 4:7; 6:7; 8:13; 11:15; 12:9; 13:28; 14:6; 14:6; 15:14; 18:11; 18:15; 20:10; 21:17; 23:10; 23:10; 24:10; 24:17
1 Kings
8:28; 8:29; 9:18; 13:17; 14:15; 15:20; 16:10; 20:21; 20:35; 20:36; 20:37; 22:24; 22:34
2 Kings
2:8; 2:14; 3:24; 3:24; 3:24; 3:25; 6:18; 8:21; 9:7; 9:24; 10:25; 11:12; 12:21; 13:18; 13:18; 13:19; 15:16; 15:30; 19:35; 25:21; 25:25
1 Chronicles
4:41; 11:13; 13:10; 20:1; 21:7
2 Chronicles
13:17; 14:13; 14:14; 16:4; 18:23; 18:33; 21:9; 22:6; 25:13; 25:16; 28:23
Nehemiah
13:25; 13:25
Esther
9:5
Job
1:15; 1:17; 2:7; 16:10
Psalms
3:8; 78:20; 78:51; 102:5; 102:5; 105:33; 105:36; 121:6; 135:8; 136:10
Proverbs
17:10; 19:25; 23:13; 23:13; 23:14; 23:14
Song of Songs
5:7
Isaiah
1:5; 1:5; 5:25; 9:12; 10:20; 10:24; 11:4; 11:15; 14:6; 14:29; 27:7; 30:31; 37:26; 49:10; 50:6; 53:4; 53:4; 57:17; 58:4; 60:10
Jeremiah
2:30; 5:3; 5:6; 5:6; 14:9; 18:18; 18:21; 18:21; 20:2; 21:7; 30:14; 37:10; 37:10; 37:15; 40:14; 40:15; 40:15; 41:2; 43:11; 46:13; 47:1; 52:27
Lamentations
3:30
Ezekiel
6:11; 6:11; 21:19; 21:22; 22:13; 32:15; 33:21; 33:21; 39:3; 40:1; 40:1
Daniel
8:7
Hosea
6:1; 6:1; 9:16; 9:16; 14:6; 14:6
Amos
3:15; 4:9; 6:11; 9:1; 9:1
Jonah
4:7; 4:7; 4:8; 4:8
Micah
5:1
Haggai
2:17
Zechariah
9:4; 10:11; 12:4; 13:6; 13:6