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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. Judges 9:43וַיַּכֵּֽם׃ · and attacked them
    So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
  2. Judges 9:44וַיַּכּֽוּם׃ · and struck them down
    Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
  3. Judges 11:21וַיַּכּ֑וּם · who defeated them
    Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
  4. Judges 11:33וַיַּכֵּ֡ם · he devastated
    With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
  5. Judges 12:4וַיַּכּוּ֩ · struck them down
    Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
  6. Judges 14:19וַיַּ֥ךְ · killed
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,
  7. Judges 15:8וַיַּ֨ךְ · And he struck
    And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
  8. Judges 15:15וַיַּךְ־ · and struck down
    He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
  9. Judges 15:16הִכֵּ֖יתִי · I have slain
    Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
  10. Judges 18:27וַיַּכּ֥וּ · and they struck
    After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
  11. Judges 20:31לְהַכּוֹת֩ · to attack
    The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
  12. Judges 20:37וַיַּ֥ךְ · and put
    The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.
  13. Judges 20:39לְהַכּ֨וֹת · to strike them down
    …the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
  14. Judges 20:45וַיַּכּ֥וּ · and struck down
    Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
  15. Judges 20:48וַיַּכּ֣וּם · and put
    And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
  16. Judges 21:10וְהִכִּיתֶ֞ם · and put
    So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
  17. 1 Samuel 2:14וְהִכָּ֨ה · and plunge [it]
    …and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
  18. 1 Samuel 4:2וַיַּכּ֤וּ · who struck down
    The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
  19. 1 Samuel 4:8הַמַּכִּ֧ים · who struck
    Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
  20. 1 Samuel 5:6וַיַּ֤ךְ · and afflicting
    Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
  21. 1 Samuel 5:9וַיַּךְ֙ · and afflicting
    But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
  22. 1 Samuel 5:12הֻכּ֖וּ · were afflicted
    Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
  23. 1 Samuel 6:19וַיַּ֞ךְ · But God struck down; וַיַּ֤ךְ · He struck down; הִכָּ֧ה · had struck
    But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
  24. 1 Samuel 7:11וַיַּכּ֕וּם · striking them down
    Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
  25. 1 Samuel 11:11וַיַּכּ֥וּ · and slaughtered them
    The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
  26. 1 Samuel 13:3וַיַּ֣ךְ · attacked
    Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
  27. 1 Samuel 13:4הִכָּ֤ה · has attacked
    And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
  28. 1 Samuel 14:14הִכָּ֧ה · struck down
    In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in about half an acre of land.
  29. 1 Samuel 14:31וַיַּכּ֞וּ · after the Israelites had struck down
    That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
  30. 1 Samuel 14:48וַיַּ֖ךְ · and defeated
    He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
  31. 1 Samuel 15:3וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜ה · and attack
    Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
  32. 1 Samuel 15:7וַיַּ֥ךְ · struck down
    Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
  33. 1 Samuel 17:9וְהִכָּ֔נִי · and kill me; וְהִכִּיתִ֔יו · and kill him
    If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.”
  34. 1 Samuel 17:25יַכֶּ֜נּוּ · kills him
    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
  35. 1 Samuel 17:26יַכֶּה֙ · kills
    David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
  36. 1 Samuel 17:27יַכֶּֽנּוּ׃ · kills him
    The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
  37. 1 Samuel 17:35וְהִכִּתִ֖יו · struck it down; וְהִכִּתִ֖יו · strike it down
    I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
  38. 1 Samuel 17:36הִכָּ֣ה · has killed
    Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
  39. 1 Samuel 17:46וְהִכִּיתִ֗ךָ · I will strike you down
    This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
  40. 1 Samuel 17:49וַיַּ֥ךְ · striking
    Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
  41. 1 Samuel 17:50וַיַּ֥ךְ · he struck down
    Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
  42. 1 Samuel 17:57מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙ · from killing
    So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
  43. 1 Samuel 18:6מֵהַכּ֣וֹת · had killed
    As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
  44. 1 Samuel 18:7הִכָּ֤ה · has slain
    And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
  45. 1 Samuel 18:11אַכֶּ֥ה · I will pin
    …and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
  46. 1 Samuel 18:27וַיַּ֣ךְ · and killed
    David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.