נָכָה
nâkâh · naw-kaw'
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָכָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
500 occurrences · 500 OT · 0 NT · 290 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and smote52 · 20%
- smote49 · 18%
- slew18 · 7%
- smite18 · 7%
- and he smote14 · 5%
- and slew14 · 5%
- and they smote13 · 5%
- and smite13 · 5%
- had smitten7 · 3%
- who smote6 · 2%
- and they slew6 · 2%
- shall smite5 · 2%
- he slew5 · 2%
- and i will smite5 · 2%
- from the slaughter5 · 2%
- he smote4 · 2%
- that killeth4 · 2%
- and smitten4 · 2%
- to smite4 · 2%
- it, and smote4 · 2%
- it, and slew3 · 1%
- they smote3 · 1%
- to slay3 · 1%
- i will smite3 · 1%
- he that smiteth3 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.