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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. Genesis 4:15הַכּוֹת־ · would kill
    “Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
  2. Genesis 8:21לְהַכּ֥וֹת · will I destroy
    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
  3. Genesis 14:5וַיַּכּ֤וּ · and defeated
    In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
  4. Genesis 14:7וַיַּכּ֕וּ · and they conquered
    Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
  5. Genesis 14:15וַיַּכֵּ֑ם · and routed [Chedorlaomer’s army]
    During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
  6. Genesis 14:17מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙ · from defeating
    After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
  7. Genesis 19:11הִכּוּ֙ · they struck
    And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
  8. Genesis 32:8וְהִכָּ֑הוּ · and attacks
    He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
  9. Genesis 32:11וְהִכַּ֔נִי · and attack me
    Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
  10. Genesis 34:30וְהִכּ֔וּנִי · and attack me
    Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
  11. Genesis 36:35הַמַּכֶּ֤ה · who defeated
    When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
  12. Genesis 37:21נַכֶּ֖נּוּ · take
    When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
  13. Exodus 2:11מַכֶּ֥ה · beating
    One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
  14. Exodus 2:12וַיַּךְ֙ · he struck down
    After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
  15. Exodus 2:13תַכֶּ֖ה · are you attacking
    The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
  16. Exodus 3:20וְהִכֵּיתִ֣י · and strike
    So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
  17. Exodus 5:14וַיֻּכּ֗וּ · were beaten
    Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
  18. Exodus 5:16מֻכִּ֖ים · are being beaten
    No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
  19. Exodus 7:17מַכֶּ֣ה׀ · will strike
    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
  20. Exodus 7:20וַיַּ֤ךְ · and struck
    Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
  21. Exodus 7:25הַכּוֹת־ · had struck
    And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
  22. Exodus 8:16וְהַ֖ךְ · and strike
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
  23. Exodus 8:17וַיַּךְ֙ · and struck
    This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
  24. Exodus 9:15וָאַ֥ךְ · and struck
    For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
  25. Exodus 9:25וַיַּ֨ךְ · struck down; הִכָּ֣ה · beat down
    Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.
  26. Exodus 9:31נֻכָּ֑תָה · were destroyed
    (Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;
  27. Exodus 9:32נֻכּ֑וּ · destroyed
    …but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)
  28. Exodus 12:12וְהִכֵּיתִ֤י · and strike down
    On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
  29. Exodus 12:13בְּהַכֹּתִ֖י · when I strike
    The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
  30. Exodus 12:29הִכָּ֣ה · struck down
    Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
  31. Exodus 17:5הִכִּ֤יתָ · you struck
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
  32. Exodus 17:6וְהִכִּ֣יתָ · And when you strike
    Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
  33. Exodus 21:12מַכֵּ֥ה · Whoever strikes
    Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
  34. Exodus 21:15וּמַכֵּ֥ה · Whoever strikes
    Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
  35. Exodus 21:18וְהִכָּה־ · strikes
    If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
  36. Exodus 21:19הַמַּכֶּ֑ה · then the one who struck him
    …then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
  37. Exodus 21:20יַכֶּה֩ · strikes
    If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
  38. Exodus 21:26יַכֶּ֨ה · strikes
    If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
  39. Exodus 22:2וְהֻכָּ֣ה · and is beaten
    If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
  40. Leviticus 24:17יַכֶּ֖ה · takes the life
    And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
  41. Leviticus 24:18וּמַכֵּ֥ה · Whoever kills
    Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
  42. Leviticus 24:21וּמַכֵּ֥ה · Whoever kills; וּמַכֵּ֥ה · but whoever kills
    Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
  43. Leviticus 26:24וְהִכֵּיתִ֤י · will strike
    …then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
  44. Numbers 3:13הַכֹּתִ֨י · I struck down
    …for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine; I am the LORD.”
  45. Numbers 8:17הַכֹּתִ֤י · I struck down
    For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.
  46. Numbers 11:33וַיַּ֤ךְ · struck
    But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
  47. Numbers 14:12אַכֶּ֥נּוּ · I will strike them
    I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
  48. Numbers 14:45וַיַּכּ֥וּם · attacked them
    Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.