נָכֵאnâkêʼ

נָכָא: stricken, of Moab prostrated by conquest (Isaiah 16:7)

Pronunciation: naw-kay' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5218

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Proverbs 15:13 A glad heart makes a happy face; a broken heart crushes the spirit.
  • Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
  • Proverbs 18:14 The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed spirit?
  • Isaiah 16:7 The entire land of Moab weeps. Yes, everyone in Moab mourns for the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth. They are all gone now.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).