Nakhah נָכָה
| נָכָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nakhah |
| Strong's number | H5221 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to smite |
| Occurrences | 499 in 459 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Samuel (46) |
Nakhah (Hebrew נָכָה, Strong's H5221) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to smite”. It occurs 499 times in 459 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten
1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust
1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)
1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage
1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy
1d) (Hophal) to be smitten
1d1) to receive a blow
1d2) to be wounded
1d3) to be beaten
1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain
1d5) to be attacked and captured
1d6) to be smitten (with disease)
1d7) to be blighted (of plants)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | smote (192), smite (93), slew (57), smitten (42), slain (21), killeth (13), smiteth (11), slay (11), slaughter (5), kill (4), smiting (4), beaten (4), and 26 other renderings |
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| BSB | struck down (28), strike (18), struck (17), killed (15), attacked (15), he struck down (12), put (10), he struck (10), defeated (9), they struck down (7), had struck down (5), killed him (5), and 234 other renderings |
Verses
Nakhah occurs in 459 verses, listed here by reference.
Genesis (12): 4:15, 8:21, 14:5, 14:7, 14:15, 14:17, 19:11, 32:8, 32:11, 34:30, 36:35, 37:21
Exodus (27): 2:11, 2:12, 2:13, 3:20, 5:14, 5:16, 7:17, 7:20, 7:25, 8:16, 8:17, 9:15, 9:25, 9:31, 9:32, 12:12, 12:13, 12:29, 17:5, 17:6, 21:12, 21:15, 21:18, 21:19, 21:20, 21:26, 22:2
Leviticus (4): 24:17, 24:18, 24:21, 26:24
Numbers (28): 3:13, 8:17, 11:33, 14:12, 14:45, 20:11, 21:24, 21:35, 22:6, 22:23, 22:25, 22:27, 22:28, 22:32, 25:14, 25:15, 25:17, 25:18, 32:4, 33:4, 35:11, 35:15, 35:16, 35:17, 35:18, 35:21, 35:24, 35:30
Deuteronomy (21): 1:4, 2:33, 3:3, 4:46, 7:2, 13:15, 19:4, 19:6, 19:11, 20:13, 21:1, 25:2, 25:3, 25:11, 27:24, 27:25, 28:22, 28:27, 28:28, 28:35, 29:7
Joshua (35): 7:3, 7:5, 8:21, 8:22, 8:24, 9:18, 10:4, 10:10, 10:20, 10:26, 10:28, 10:30, 10:32, 10:33, 10:35, 10:37, 10:39, 10:40, 10:41, 11:8, 11:10, 11:11, 11:12, 11:14, 11:17, 12:1, 12:6, 12:7, 13:12, 13:21, 15:16, 19:47, 20:3, 20:5, 20:9
Judges (29): 1:4, 1:5, 1:8, 1:10, 1:12, 1:17, 1:25, 3:13, 3:29, 3:31, 6:16, 7:13, 8:11, 9:43, 9:44, 11:21, 11:33, 12:4, 14:19, 15:8, 15:15, 15:16, 18:27, 20:31, 20:37, 20:39, 20:45, 20:48, 21:10
1 Samuel (46): 2:14, 4:2, 4:8, 5:6, 5:9, 5:12, 6:19, 7:11, 11:11, 13:3, 13:4, 14:14, 14:31, 14:48, 15:3, 15:7, 17:9, 17:25, 17:26, 17:27, 17:35, 17:36, 17:46, 17:49, 17:50, 17:57, 18:6, 18:7, 18:11, 18:27, 19:5, 19:8, 19:10, 20:33, 21:9, 21:11, 22:19, 23:2, 23:5, 24:5, 26:8, 27:9, 29:5, 30:1, 30:17, 31:2
2 Samuel (46): 1:1, 1:15, 2:22, 2:23, 2:31, 3:27, 4:6, 4:7, 5:8, 5:20, 5:24, 5:25, 6:7, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:5, 8:9, 8:10, 8:13, 10:18, 11:15, 11:21, 12:9, 13:28, 13:30, 14:6, 14:7, 15:14, 17:2, 18:11, 18:15, 20:10, 21:2, 21:12, 21:16, 21:17, 21:18, 21:19, 21:21, 23:10, 23:12, 23:20, 23:21, 24:10, 24:17
1 Kings (17): 11:15, 14:15, 15:20, 15:27, 15:29, 16:7, 16:10, 16:11, 16:16, 20:20, 20:21, 20:29, 20:35, 20:36, 20:37, 22:24, 22:34
2 Kings (43): 2:8, 2:14, 3:19, 3:23, 3:24, 3:25, 6:18, 6:21, 6:22, 8:21, 8:28, 8:29, 9:7, 9:15, 9:24, 9:27, 10:9, 10:11, 10:17, 10:25, 10:32, 11:12, 12:20, 12:21, 13:17, 13:18, 13:19, 13:25, 14:5, 14:6, 14:7, 14:10, 15:10, 15:14, 15:16, 15:25, 15:30, 18:8, 19:35, 19:37, 21:24, 25:21, 25:25
1 Chronicles (24): 1:46, 4:41, 4:43, 10:2, 11:6, 11:14, 11:22, 11:23, 13:10, 14:11, 14:15, 14:16, 18:1, 18:2, 18:3, 18:5, 18:9, 18:10, 18:12, 20:1, 20:4, 20:5, 20:7, 21:7
2 Chronicles (19): 13:17, 14:14, 14:15, 16:4, 18:23, 18:33, 21:9, 22:5, 22:6, 25:3, 25:11, 25:13, 25:14, 25:16, 25:19, 28:5, 28:17, 28:23, 33:25
Nehemiah (1): 13:25
Esther (1): 9:5
Job (4): 1:15, 1:17, 2:7, 16:10
Psalms (13): 3:7, 69:26, 78:20, 78:51, 78:66, 102:4, 105:33, 105:36, 121:6, 135:8, 135:10, 136:10, 136:17
Proverbs (6): 17:10, 17:26, 19:25, 23:13, 23:14, 23:35
Song of Solomon (1): 5:7
Isaiah (20): 1:5, 5:25, 9:13, 10:20, 10:24, 11:4, 11:15, 14:6, 14:29, 27:7, 30:31, 37:36, 37:38, 49:10, 50:6, 53:4, 57:17, 58:4, 60:10, 66:3
Jeremiah (29): 2:30, 5:3, 5:6, 14:19, 18:18, 18:21, 20:2, 20:4, 21:6, 21:7, 26:23, 29:21, 30:14, 33:5, 37:10, 37:15, 40:14, 40:15, 41:2, 41:3, 41:9, 41:16, 41:18, 43:11, 46:2, 46:13, 47:1, 49:28, 52:27
Lamentations (1): 3:30
Ezekiel (13): 5:2, 6:11, 7:9, 9:5, 9:7, 9:8, 21:14, 21:17, 22:13, 32:15, 33:21, 39:3, 40:1
Daniel (1): 8:7
Amos (4): 3:15, 4:9, 6:11, 9:1
Haggai (1): 2:17
Zechariah (5): 9:4, 10:11, 12:4, 13:6, 13:7
Malachi (1): 4:6
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).