נָכָה

na.khah

Hebrew H5221 Verb 499 occurrences in 460 verses
נָכָה to smite

1. to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill

a. (Niphal) to be stricken or smitten

b. (Pual) to be stricken or smitten

c. (Hiphil)

1. to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust

2. to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)

3. to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage

4. to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy

d. (Hophal) to be smitten

1. to receive a blow

2. to be wounded

3. to be beaten

4. to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain

5. to be attacked and captured

6. to be smitten (with disease)

7. to be blighted (of plants)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

Translation

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Concordance 460 verses

  1. Judges 20:31 לְהַכּוֹת֩

    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.

  2. Judges 20:37 וַיַּ֥ךְ

    The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

  3. Judges 20:39 לְהַכּ֨וֹת

    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.”

  4. Judges 20:45 וַיַּכּ֥וּ

    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.

  5. Judges 20:48 וַיַּכּ֣וּם

    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.

  6. Judges 21:10 וְהִכִּיתֶ֞ם

    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.

  7. 1 Samuel 2:14 וְהִכָּ֨ה

    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.

  8. 1 Samuel 4:2 וַיַּכּ֤וּ

    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.

  9. 1 Samuel 4:8 הַמַּכִּ֧ים

    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.

  10. 1 Samuel 5:6 וַיַּ֤ךְ

    Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

  11. 1 Samuel 5:9 וַיַּךְ֙

    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.

  12. 1 Samuel 5:12 הֻכּ֖וּ

    Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

  13. 1 Samuel 6:19 וַיַּ֞ךְוַיַּ֤ךְהִכָּ֧ה

    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.

  14. 1 Samuel 7:11 וַיַּכּ֕וּם

    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.

  15. 1 Samuel 11:11 וַיַּכּ֥וּ

    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.

  16. 1 Samuel 13:3 וַיַּ֣ךְ

    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!”

  17. 1 Samuel 13:4 הִכָּ֤ה

    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.

  18. 1 Samuel 14:14 הִכָּ֧ה

    In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.

  19. 1 Samuel 14:31 וַיַּכּ֞וּ

    That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

  20. 1 Samuel 14:48 וַיַּ֖ךְ

    He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.

  21. 1 Samuel 15:3 וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜ה

    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.’”

  22. 1 Samuel 15:7 וַיַּ֥ךְ

    Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

  23. 1 Samuel 17:9 וְהִכָּ֔נִיוְהִכִּיתִ֔יו

    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 labor for us.”

  24. 1 Samuel 17:25 יַכֶּ֜נּוּ

    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who 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.”

  25. 1 Samuel 17:26 יַכֶּה֙

    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?”

  26. 1 Samuel 17:27 יַכֶּֽנּוּ׃

    The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

  27. 1 Samuel 17:35 וְהִכִּתִ֖יווְהִכִּתִ֖יו

    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.

  28. 1 Samuel 17:36 הִכָּ֣ה

    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.”

  29. 1 Samuel 17:46 וְהִכִּיתִ֗ךָ

    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 Philistines 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.

  30. 1 Samuel 17:49 וַיַּ֥ךְ

    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.

  31. 1 Samuel 17:50 וַיַּ֥ךְ

    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.

  32. 1 Samuel 17:57 מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙

    So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

  33. 1 Samuel 18:6 מֵהַכּ֣וֹת

    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.

  34. 1 Samuel 18:7 הִכָּ֤ה

    And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

  35. 1 Samuel 18:11 אַכֶּ֥ה

    and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

  36. 1 Samuel 18:27 וַיַּ֣ךְ

    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.

  37. 1 Samuel 19:5 וַיַּ֣ךְ

    He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”

  38. 1 Samuel 19:8 וַיַּ֤ךְ

    When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.

  39. 1 Samuel 19:10 לְהַכּ֤וֹתוַיַּ֥ךְ

    Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.

  40. 1 Samuel 20:33 לְהַכֹּת֑וֹ

    Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

  41. 1 Samuel 21:9 הִכִּ֣יתָ׀

    The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

  42. 1 Samuel 21:11 הִכָּ֤ה

    But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

  43. 1 Samuel 22:19 הִכָּ֣ה

    He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

  44. 1 Samuel 23:2 וְהִכֵּ֔יתִיוְהִכִּ֣יתָ

    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

  45. 1 Samuel 23:5 וַיַּ֥ךְ

    Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.

  46. 1 Samuel 24:5 וַיַּ֥ךְ

    Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

  47. 1 Samuel 26:8 אַכֶּ֨נּוּ

    Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

  48. 1 Samuel 27:9 וְהִכָּ֤ה

    Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,

  49. 1 Samuel 29:5 הִכָּ֤ה

    Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

  50. 1 Samuel 30:1 וַיַּכּוּ֙

    On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

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