Midvash

נָכָהnâkâh

smite

Pronunciation: naw-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5221

Meanings

Niph`al: be smitten, [struck by weapon in battle] (2 Samuel 11:15)

Pu`al: be smitten down (Exodus 9:31; Exodus 9:32)

Hiph`il: cstr (Exodus 9:25; Genesis 32:12; Jeremiah 5:6)

1.

a. smite, strike, (with a single, non-fatal, blow) (Numbers 22:23; Numbers 22:25; Numbers 22:27)

b. beat, smite repeatedly (Exodus 2:11; Exodus 2:13; Exodus 5:16)

c. clapped (2 Kings 11:12; Ezekiel 21:19; Ezekiel 21:22)

d. give a thrust (1 Samuel 2:14; Hosea 14:6)

e. smite, (in battle) so as (merely) to wound (1 Kings 8:28; 1 Kings 8:29; 1 Kings 9:18)

f. of sun, etc. (Isaiah 49:10; Psalms 121:6; Jonah 4:8)

2. Smite fatally

a. smite (1 Samuel 17:35; Exodus 21:12; Exodus 21:20)

b. smite (Jonah 4:7)

c. kill, slay, man or beast (Genesis 4:15; Genesis 8:21; Exodus 2:12)

3. Smite, = attack, attack and destroy (Genesis 32:9; Genesis 32:12; Genesis 34:30)

4. Of God

a. smite (Genesis 19:11; 2 Kings 6:18; Zechariah 12:4)

b. smite, = chastise, or send judgment upon (1 Kings 14:15; 1 Chronicles 21:7; Isaiah 5:25)

c. destroying (Amos 3:15; Amos 6:11; Zechariah 9:4)

Hoph`al: smitten (Hosea 9:16; Numbers 25:14; Psalms 102:5)

1. = receive a blow (Isaiah 1:5)

2. be wounded (Zechariah 13:6)

3. be beaten (Exodus 5:14; Exodus 5:16)

4. be (fatally) smitten (Exodus 22:1; Numbers 25:14; Numbers 25:15)

5. be attacked and captured (Ezekiel 33:21; Ezekiel 40:1)

6. be smitten (1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 53:4)

7. be blighted (Hosea 9:16; Psalms 102:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 500 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 4:15 The Lord replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.
  • Genesis 8:21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.
  • Genesis 14:5 One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,
  • Genesis 14:7 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
  • Genesis 14:15 There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer’s army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
  • Genesis 14:17 After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
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