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נָכָה

na.khahto smiteHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb499 occurrences31 books460 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), × go forward, × indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, × surely, wound.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָכָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

499 total
  1. Numbers 20:11וַיַּ֧ךְ · and struck
    Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
  2. Numbers 21:24וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ · put him
    And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
  3. Numbers 21:35וַיַּכּ֨וּ · So they struck down [Og]
    So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.
  4. Numbers 22:6נַכֶּה־ · to defeat
    So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
  5. Numbers 22:23וַיַּ֤ךְ · beat
    When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
  6. Numbers 22:25לְהַכֹּתָֽהּ׃ · So he beat her
    And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again.
  7. Numbers 22:27וַיַּ֥ךְ · and beat
    When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
  8. Numbers 22:28הִכִּיתַ֔נִי · you have beaten me
    Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
  9. Numbers 22:32הִכִּ֙יתָ֙ · have you beaten
    The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
  10. Numbers 25:14הַמֻּכֶּ֗ה · who was slain; הֻכָּה֙
    The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
  11. Numbers 25:15הַמֻּכָּ֛ה · of the slain
    And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
  12. Numbers 25:17וְהִכִּיתֶ֖ם · and strike them dead
    “Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
  13. Numbers 25:18הַמֻּכָּ֥ה · [the woman] who was killed
    For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”
  14. Numbers 32:4הִכָּ֤ה · conquered
    …which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”
  15. Numbers 33:4הִכָּ֧ה · had struck down
    …who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
  16. Numbers 35:11מַכֵּה־ · who kills
    …designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
  17. Numbers 35:15מַכֵּה־ · who kills
    These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
  18. Numbers 35:16הִכָּ֛הוּ · anyone strikes
    If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
  19. Numbers 35:17הִכָּ֛הוּ · and he strikes
    Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
  20. Numbers 35:18הִכָּ֛הוּ · and he strikes
    If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
  21. Numbers 35:21הִכָּ֤הוּ · he strikes him; הַמַּכֶּ֖ה · the one who struck him
    …or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
  22. Numbers 35:24הַמַּכֶּ֔ה · the slayer
    …then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
  23. Numbers 35:30מַ֨כֵּה־ · kills
    If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
  24. Deuteronomy 1:4הַכֹּת֗וֹ · he had defeated
    This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
  25. Deuteronomy 2:33וַנַּ֥ךְ · and we defeated him
    And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
  26. Deuteronomy 3:3וַנַּכֵּ֕הוּ · We struck them down
    So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.
  27. Deuteronomy 4:46הִכָּ֤ה · and was defeated
    …while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
  28. Deuteronomy 7:2וְהִכִּיתָ֑ם · to defeat them
    …and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
  29. Deuteronomy 13:15הַכֵּ֣ה · you must surely put; תַכֶּ֗ה
    …you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
  30. Deuteronomy 19:4יַכֶּ֤ה · having killed
    Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
  31. Deuteronomy 19:6וְהִכָּ֣הוּ · and strike him
    Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
  32. Deuteronomy 19:11וְהִכָּ֥הוּ · and kills him
    If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
  33. Deuteronomy 20:13וְהִכִּיתָ֥ · you must put
    When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
  34. Deuteronomy 21:1הִכָּֽהוּ׃ · killed him
    If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
  35. Deuteronomy 25:2הַכּ֖וֹת · deserves to be beaten; וְהִכָּ֣הוּ · and be flogged
    If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
  36. Deuteronomy 25:3יַכֶּ֖נּוּ · He may receive; לְהַכֹּת֤וֹ · be beaten
    He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
  37. Deuteronomy 25:11מַכֵּ֑הוּ · the one striking him
    If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
  38. Deuteronomy 27:24מַכֵּ֥ה · he who strikes down
    ‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  39. Deuteronomy 27:25לְהַכּ֥וֹת · to kill
    ‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  40. Deuteronomy 28:22יַכְּכָ֣ה · will strike you
    The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
  41. Deuteronomy 28:27יַכְּכָ֨ה · will afflict
    The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
  42. Deuteronomy 28:28יַכְּכָ֣ה · will afflict
    The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
  43. Deuteronomy 28:35יַכְּכָ֨ה · will afflict you
    The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
  44. Deuteronomy 29:7וַנַּכֵּֽם׃ · but we defeated them
    When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
  45. Joshua 7:3וְיַכּ֣וּ · and attack
    On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”