H5221: נָכָה
nâkâh · pronounced naw-kaw' · “to smite”
Definition
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten
1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust
1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)
1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage
1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy
1d) (Hophal) to be smitten
1d1) to receive a blow
1d2) to be wounded
1d3) to be beaten
1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain
1d5) to be attacked and captured
1d6) to be smitten (with disease)
1d7) to be blighted (of plants)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5221 is translated
- he struck down ×57
- him ×56
- them ×38
- he struck ×37
- they struck down ×28
- it ×19
- you ×16
- strike ×14
- they struck ×12
- he will strike ×11
- i will strike ×10
- he defeated ×10
Bible verses with H5221 (nâkâh)
Nâkâh appears in 459 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
- 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 heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
- Genesis 14:7
And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.
- Genesis 14:15
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
- Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
- Genesis 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Genesis 32:8
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
- Genesis 32:11
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
- Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
- Genesis 36:35
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
- Genesis 37:21
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
- Exodus 2:11
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
- Exodus 2:12
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- Exodus 2:13
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
- Exodus 3:20
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
- Exodus 5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
- Exodus 5:16
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
- Exodus 7:17
Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
- Exodus 7:20
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
- Exodus 7:25
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river.
- Exodus 8:16
And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:17
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 9:15
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
- Exodus 9:25
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
All 459 references (first 400)
- Exodus 9:31
- Exodus 9:32
- Exodus 12:12
- Exodus 12:13
- Exodus 12:29
- Exodus 17:5
- Exodus 17:6
- Exodus 21:12
- Exodus 21:15
- Exodus 21:18
- Exodus 21:19
- Exodus 21:20
- Exodus 21:26
- Exodus 22:2
- Leviticus 24:17
- Leviticus 24:18
- Leviticus 24:21
- Leviticus 26:24
- Numbers 3:13
- Numbers 8:17
- Numbers 11:33
- Numbers 14:12
- Numbers 14:45
- Numbers 20:11
- Numbers 21:24
- Numbers 21:35
- Numbers 22:6
- Numbers 22:23
- Numbers 22:25
- Numbers 22:27
- Numbers 22:28
- Numbers 22:32
- Numbers 25:14
- Numbers 25:15
- Numbers 25:17
- Numbers 25:18
- Numbers 32:4
- Numbers 33:4
- Numbers 35:11
- Numbers 35:15
- Numbers 35:16
- Numbers 35:17
- Numbers 35:18
- Numbers 35:21
- Numbers 35:24
- Numbers 35:30
- Deuteronomy 1:4
- Deuteronomy 2:33
- Deuteronomy 3:3
- Deuteronomy 4:46
- Deuteronomy 7:2
- Deuteronomy 13:15
- Deuteronomy 19:4
- Deuteronomy 19:6
- Deuteronomy 19:11
- Deuteronomy 20:13
- Deuteronomy 21:1
- Deuteronomy 25:2
- Deuteronomy 25:3
- Deuteronomy 25:11
- Deuteronomy 27:24
- Deuteronomy 27:25
- Deuteronomy 28:22
- Deuteronomy 28:27
- Deuteronomy 28:28
- Deuteronomy 28:35
- Deuteronomy 29:7
- Joshua 7:3
- Joshua 7:5
- Joshua 8:21
- Joshua 8:22
- Joshua 8:24
- Joshua 9:18
- Joshua 10:4
- Joshua 10:10
- Joshua 10:20
- Joshua 10:26
- Joshua 10:28
- Joshua 10:30
- Joshua 10:32
- Joshua 10:33
- Joshua 10:35
- Joshua 10:37
- Joshua 10:39
- Joshua 10:40
- Joshua 10:41
- Joshua 11:8
- Joshua 11:10
- Joshua 11:11
- Joshua 11:12
- Joshua 11:14
- Joshua 11:17
- Joshua 12:1
- Joshua 12:6
- Joshua 12:7
- Joshua 13:12
- Joshua 13:21
- Joshua 15:16
- Joshua 19:47
- Joshua 20:3
- Joshua 20:5
- Joshua 20:9
- Judges 1:4
- Judges 1:5
- Judges 1:8
- Judges 1:10
- Judges 1:12
- Judges 1:17
- Judges 1:25
- Judges 3:13
- Judges 3:29
- Judges 3:31
- Judges 6:16
- Judges 7:13
- Judges 8:11
- Judges 9:43
- Judges 9:44
- Judges 11:21
- Judges 11:33
- Judges 12:4
- Judges 14:19
- Judges 15:8
- Judges 15:15
- Judges 15:16
- Judges 18:27
- Judges 20:31
- Judges 20:37
- Judges 20:39
- Judges 20:45
- Judges 20:48
- Judges 21:10
- 1 Samuel 2:14
- 1 Samuel 4:2
- 1 Samuel 4:8
- 1 Samuel 5:6
- 1 Samuel 5:9
- 1 Samuel 5:12
- 1 Samuel 6:19
- 1 Samuel 7:11
- 1 Samuel 11:11
- 1 Samuel 13:3
- 1 Samuel 13:4
- 1 Samuel 14:14
- 1 Samuel 14:31
- 1 Samuel 14:48
- 1 Samuel 15:3
- 1 Samuel 15:7
- 1 Samuel 17:9
- 1 Samuel 17:25
- 1 Samuel 17:26
- 1 Samuel 17:27
- 1 Samuel 17:35
- 1 Samuel 17:36
- 1 Samuel 17:46
- 1 Samuel 17:49
- 1 Samuel 17:50
- 1 Samuel 17:57
- 1 Samuel 18:6
- 1 Samuel 18:7
- 1 Samuel 18:11
- 1 Samuel 18:27
- 1 Samuel 19:5
- 1 Samuel 19:8
- 1 Samuel 19:10
- 1 Samuel 20:33
- 1 Samuel 21:9
- 1 Samuel 21:11
- 1 Samuel 22:19
- 1 Samuel 23:2
- 1 Samuel 23:5
- 1 Samuel 24:5
- 1 Samuel 26:8
- 1 Samuel 27:9
- 1 Samuel 29:5
- 1 Samuel 30:1
- 1 Samuel 30:17
- 1 Samuel 31:2
- 2 Samuel 1:1
- 2 Samuel 1:15
- 2 Samuel 2:22
- 2 Samuel 2:23
- 2 Samuel 2:31
- 2 Samuel 3:27
- 2 Samuel 4:6
- 2 Samuel 4:7
- 2 Samuel 5:8
- 2 Samuel 5:20
- 2 Samuel 5:24
- 2 Samuel 5:25
- 2 Samuel 6:7
- 2 Samuel 8:1
- 2 Samuel 8:2
- 2 Samuel 8:3
- 2 Samuel 8:5
- 2 Samuel 8:9
- 2 Samuel 8:10
- 2 Samuel 8:13
- 2 Samuel 10:18
- 2 Samuel 11:15
- 2 Samuel 11:21
- 2 Samuel 12:9
- 2 Samuel 13:28
- 2 Samuel 13:30
- 2 Samuel 14:6
- 2 Samuel 14:7
- 2 Samuel 15:14
- 2 Samuel 17:2
- 2 Samuel 18:11
- 2 Samuel 18:15
- 2 Samuel 20:10
- 2 Samuel 21:2
- 2 Samuel 21:12
- 2 Samuel 21:16
- 2 Samuel 21:17
- 2 Samuel 21:18
- 2 Samuel 21:19
- 2 Samuel 21:21
- 2 Samuel 23:10
- 2 Samuel 23:12
- 2 Samuel 23:20
- 2 Samuel 23:21
- 2 Samuel 24:10
- 2 Samuel 24:17
- 1 Kings 11:15
- 1 Kings 14:15
- 1 Kings 15:20
- 1 Kings 15:27
- 1 Kings 15:29
- 1 Kings 16:7
- 1 Kings 16:10
- 1 Kings 16:11
- 1 Kings 16:16
- 1 Kings 20:20
- 1 Kings 20:21
- 1 Kings 20:29
- 1 Kings 20:35
- 1 Kings 20:36
- 1 Kings 20:37
- 1 Kings 22:24
- 1 Kings 22:34
- 2 Kings 2:8
- 2 Kings 2:14
- 2 Kings 3:19
- 2 Kings 3:23
- 2 Kings 3:24
- 2 Kings 3:25
- 2 Kings 6:18
- 2 Kings 6:21
- 2 Kings 6:22
- 2 Kings 8:21
- 2 Kings 8:28
- 2 Kings 8:29
- 2 Kings 9:7
- 2 Kings 9:15
- 2 Kings 9:24
- 2 Kings 9:27
- 2 Kings 10:9
- 2 Kings 10:11
- 2 Kings 10:17
- 2 Kings 10:25
- 2 Kings 10:32
- 2 Kings 11:12
- 2 Kings 12:20
- 2 Kings 12:21
- 2 Kings 13:17
- 2 Kings 13:18
- 2 Kings 13:19
- 2 Kings 13:25
- 2 Kings 14:5
- 2 Kings 14:6
- 2 Kings 14:7
- 2 Kings 14:10
- 2 Kings 15:10
- 2 Kings 15:14
- 2 Kings 15:16
- 2 Kings 15:25
- 2 Kings 15:30
- 2 Kings 18:8
- 2 Kings 19:35
- 2 Kings 19:37
- 2 Kings 21:24
- 2 Kings 25:21
- 2 Kings 25:25
- 1 Chronicles 1:46
- 1 Chronicles 4:41
- 1 Chronicles 4:43
- 1 Chronicles 10:2
- 1 Chronicles 11:6
- 1 Chronicles 11:14
- 1 Chronicles 11:22
- 1 Chronicles 11:23
- 1 Chronicles 13:10
- 1 Chronicles 14:11
- 1 Chronicles 14:15
- 1 Chronicles 14:16
- 1 Chronicles 18:1
- 1 Chronicles 18:2
- 1 Chronicles 18:3
- 1 Chronicles 18:5
- 1 Chronicles 18:9
- 1 Chronicles 18:10
- 1 Chronicles 18:12
- 1 Chronicles 20:1
- 1 Chronicles 20:4
- 1 Chronicles 20:5
- 1 Chronicles 20:7
- 1 Chronicles 21:7
- 2 Chronicles 13:17
- 2 Chronicles 14:14
- 2 Chronicles 14:15
- 2 Chronicles 16:4
- 2 Chronicles 18:23
- 2 Chronicles 18:33
- 2 Chronicles 21:9
- 2 Chronicles 22:5
- 2 Chronicles 22:6
- 2 Chronicles 25:3
- 2 Chronicles 25:11
- 2 Chronicles 25:13
- 2 Chronicles 25:14
- 2 Chronicles 25:16
- 2 Chronicles 25:19
- 2 Chronicles 28:5
- 2 Chronicles 28:17
- 2 Chronicles 28:23
- 2 Chronicles 33:25
- Nehemiah 13:25
- Esther 9:5
- Job 1:15
- Job 1:17
- Job 2:7
- Job 16:10
- Psalms 3:7
- Psalms 69:26
- Psalms 78:20
- Psalms 78:51
- Psalms 78:66
- Psalms 102:4
- Psalms 105:33
- Psalms 105:36
- Psalms 121:6
- Psalms 135:8
- Psalms 135:10
- Psalms 136:10
- Psalms 136:17
- Proverbs 17:10
- Proverbs 17:26
- Proverbs 19:25
- Proverbs 23:13
- Proverbs 23:14
- Proverbs 23:35
- Song of Solomon 5:7
- Isaiah 1:5
- Isaiah 5:25
- Isaiah 9:13
- Isaiah 10:20
- Isaiah 10:24
- Isaiah 11:4
- Isaiah 11:15
- Isaiah 14:6
- Isaiah 14:29
- Isaiah 27:7
- Isaiah 30:31
- Isaiah 37:36
- Isaiah 37:38
- Isaiah 49:10
- Isaiah 50:6
- Isaiah 53:4
- Isaiah 57:17
- Isaiah 58:4
- Isaiah 60:10
- Isaiah 66:3
- Jeremiah 2:30
- Jeremiah 5:3
- Jeremiah 5:6