נָכָה nakhah

Hebrew word for “to smite” · Strong’s H5221 · used 500 times in 460 verses

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Meaning

1) to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill;

How it is translated

Glosses given for nakhah in context, with how often each is used:

• struck down 127
• struck 100
• will strike 42
• strike 23
• will strike down 23
• defeated 22
• attacked 13
• strike down 11
• one who strikes down 8
• one who struck 7
• will attack 6
• had struck down 6

Where it is used

Also in 19 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 10 (13), 1 Samuel 17 (10), Numbers 35 (8), Judges 1 (7), 2 Samuel 8 (7), 2 Samuel 21 (7), 1 Chronicles 18 (7), Exodus 21 (6), Numbers 22 (6), Joshua 11 (6)

Forms

• ויך 73
• ויכו 50
• הכה 49
• ויכהו 24
• מכה 17
• ויכם 16
• והכה 14
• ויכה 13
• הכהו 12
• להכות 11

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nakhah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מוּת mut “to die” 60
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 49
• דָּוִד david “David” 58
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 39
• עַד ad “till” 56
• עִיר ir “city” 52
• מַכָּה makkah “wound” 22
• פֶּה peh “lip” 31
• שָׁאַר shaar “to remain” 23
• אַחַר achar “after” 33
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 36
• אֵת et “with” 31

Key verses

The verses using nakhah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s…
• Deuteronomy 7:2 — And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew…
• 2 Samuel 13:28 — Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear…
• Isaiah 1:5 — Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isaiah 5:25 — Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did…
• Isaiah 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and…
• Isaiah 37:36 — Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the…
• Jeremiah 2:30 — In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Jeremiah 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive…
• Jeremiah 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from…
• Hosea 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• Zechariah 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.