Know the Word.

Hebrew word

nâkâh

naw-kaw'

נָכָה

What it means

to strike

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • smote190
  • smite95
  • slew56
  • smitten42
  • slain20
  • killeth13
  • slay12
  • smiteth10

Every place it appears 492

Nehemiah13:25
Esther9:5
Song of Solomon5:7
Lamentations3:30
Daniel8:7
Jonah4:74:8
Micah5:16:13
Haggai2:17
Malachi4:6