Know the Word.

Greek word

plḗssō

πλήσσω

What it means

to pound, i.e. to inflict with

to pound, i.e. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity)

Where it comes from

apparently another form of plássō (πλάσσω) (through the idea of flattening out)

How the King James translates it

  • smitten1

Every place it appears 1

Revelation8:12
plḗssō — Greek word meaning “to pound, i.e. to inflict with”