H5221 · נָכָה
nâkâh · naw-kaw' · smite, slay, kill, beat
H5221 (nâkâh, pronounced naw-kaw') is the Hebrew word נָכָה in Strong’s dictionary: to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively). It appears 499 times in 460 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- נָכָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- nâkâh
- Pronunciation
- naw-kaw'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- Rendered in the KJV
- 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.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
499 occurrences in 460 verses (496 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “struck down” ×18
- “and struck down” ×11
- “killed” ×10
- “struck” ×10
- “and struck” ×8
- “and put” ×7
- “attacked” ×7
- “defeated” ×7
By book
Genesis 12 · Exodus 27 · Leviticus 4 · Numbers 28 · Deuteronomy 21 · Joshua 35 · Judges 29 · 1 Samuel 46 · 2 Samuel 46 · 1 Kings 17 · 2 Kings 43 · 1 Chronicles 24 · 2 Chronicles 19 · Nehemiah 1 · Esther 1 · Job 4 · Psalms 14 · Proverbs 6 · Song of Solomon 1 · Isaiah 20 · Jeremiah 29 · Lamentations 1 · Ezekiel 13 · Daniel 1 · Hosea 3 · Amos 4 · Jonah 2 · Micah 2 · Haggai 1 · Zechariah 5 · Malachi 1
First 30 of 460 verses
- Genesis 4:15
- Genesis 8:21
- Genesis 14:5
- Genesis 14:7
- Genesis 14:15
- Genesis 14:17
- Genesis 19:11
- Genesis 32:8
- Genesis 32:11
- Genesis 34:30
- Genesis 36:35
- Genesis 37:21
- Exodus 2:11
- Exodus 2:12
- Exodus 2:13
- Exodus 3:20
- Exodus 5:14
- Exodus 5:16
- Exodus 7:17
- Exodus 7:20
- Exodus 7:25
- Exodus 8:16
- Exodus 8:17
- Exodus 9:15
- Exodus 9:25
- Exodus 9:31
- Exodus 9:32
- Exodus 12:12
- Exodus 12:13
- Exodus 12:29
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H5221.