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)

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Concordance 460 verses

  1. 1 Samuel 30:17 וַיַּכֵּ֥ם

    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

  2. 1 Samuel 31:2 וַיַּכּ֣וּ

    The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

  3. 2 Samuel 1:1 מֵהַכּ֖וֹת

    After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

  4. 2 Samuel 1:15 וַיַּכֵּ֖הוּ

    Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

  5. 2 Samuel 2:22 אַכֶּ֙כָּה֙

    Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”

  6. 2 Samuel 2:23 וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ

    But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.

  7. 2 Samuel 2:31 הִכּוּ֙

    but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.

  8. 2 Samuel 3:27 וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּ

    When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

  9. 2 Samuel 4:6 וַיַּכֻּ֖הוּ

    They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

  10. 2 Samuel 4:7 וַיַּכֻּ֙הוּ֙

    They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

  11. 2 Samuel 5:8 מַכֵּ֤ה

    On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

  12. 2 Samuel 5:20 וַיַּכֵּ֣ם

    So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.

  13. 2 Samuel 5:24 לְהַכּ֖וֹת

    As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

  14. 2 Samuel 5:25 וַיַּךְ֙

    So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

  15. 2 Samuel 6:7 וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ

    And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.

  16. 2 Samuel 8:1 וַיַּ֥ךְ

    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

  17. 2 Samuel 8:2 וַיַּ֣ךְ

    David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

  18. 2 Samuel 8:3 וַיַּ֣ךְ

    David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

  19. 2 Samuel 8:5 וַיַּ֤ךְ

    When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.

  20. 2 Samuel 8:9 הִכָּ֣ה

    When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

  21. 2 Samuel 8:10 וַיַּכֵּ֔הוּ

    he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,

  22. 2 Samuel 8:13 מֵהַכּוֹת֥וֹ

    And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

  23. 2 Samuel 10:18 הִכָּ֖ה

    But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.

  24. 2 Samuel 11:15 וְנִכָּ֥ה

    In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

  25. 2 Samuel 11:21 הִכָּ֞ה

    Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

  26. 2 Samuel 12:9 הִכִּ֣יתָ

    Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

  27. 2 Samuel 13:28 הַכּ֧וּ

    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

  28. 2 Samuel 13:30 הִכָּ֤ה

    While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”

  29. 2 Samuel 14:6 וַיַּכּ֧וֹ

    And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

  30. 2 Samuel 14:7 מַכֵּ֣ה

    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

  31. 2 Samuel 15:14 וְהִכָּ֥ה

    And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”

  32. 2 Samuel 17:2 וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י

    I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

  33. 2 Samuel 18:11 הִכִּית֥וֹ

    “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”

  34. 2 Samuel 18:15 וַיַּכּ֥וּ

    And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

  35. 2 Samuel 20:10 וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩

    Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

  36. 2 Samuel 21:2 לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם

    At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

  37. 2 Samuel 21:12 הַכּ֧וֹת

    he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.

  38. 2 Samuel 21:16 לְהַכּ֥וֹת

    Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.

  39. 2 Samuel 21:17 וַיַּ֥ךְ

    But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”

  40. 2 Samuel 21:18 הִכָּ֗ה

    Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.

  41. 2 Samuel 21:19 וַיַּ֡ךְ

    Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

  42. 2 Samuel 21:21 וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙

    and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

  43. 2 Samuel 23:10 וַיַּ֨ךְ

    but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.

  44. 2 Samuel 23:12 וַיַּ֖ךְ

    But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.

  45. 2 Samuel 23:20 הִכָּ֗הוְהִכָּ֧ה

    And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

  46. 2 Samuel 23:21 הִכָּה֩

    He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.

  47. 2 Samuel 24:10 וַיַּ֤ךְ

    After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

  48. 2 Samuel 24:17 הַמַּכֶּ֣ה

    When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”

  49. 1 Kings 11:15 וַיַּ֥ךְ

    Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

  50. 1 Kings 14:15 וְהִכָּ֨ה

    For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

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