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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.
Read in context →And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Read in context →14 occurrences in 13 verses.
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These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
nâkâh · naw-kaw'
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), × go forward, × indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, × surely, wound.
Strong's first: Genesis 8:21Strong's last: Malachi 4:6
Open full H5221 profile →nâgaph · naw-gaf'
to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
Strong's KJV usage: beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, × surely, put to the worse.
Strong's first: Exodus 8:2Strong's last: Zechariah 14:18
Open full H5062 profile →patássō · pat-as'-so
to knock (gently or with a weapon or fatally)
Strong's KJV usage: :--smite, strike.
Strong's first: Matthew 26:31Strong's last: Revelation 19:15
Open full G3960 profile →týptō · toop'-to
to "thump", i.e. cudgel or pummel (properly, with a stick or bastinado), but in any case by repeated blows; thus differing from G3817 and G3960, which denote a (usually single) blow with the hand or any instrument, or G4141 with the fist (or a hammer), or G4474 with the palm; as well as from G5177, an accidental collision); by implication, to punish; figuratively, to offend (the conscience)
Strong's KJV usage: :--beat, smite, strike, wound.
Strong's first: Matthew 24:49Strong's last: Acts 23:3
Open full G5180 profile →mâchats · maw-khats'
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
Strong's KJV usage: dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
Strong's first: Numbers 24:17Strong's last: Deuteronomy 33:11
Open full H4272 profile →dérō · der'-o
properly, to flay, i.e. (by implication) to scourge, or (by analogy) to thrash
Strong's KJV usage: :--beat, smite.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:20Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:20
Open full G1194 profile →rhapízō · hrap-id'-zo
to slap
Strong's KJV usage: :--smite (with the palm of the hand).
Strong's first: Matthew 5:39Strong's last: Matthew 5:39
Open full G4474 profile →hâlam · haw-lam'
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
Strong's KJV usage: beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).
Strong's first: Psalms 141:5Strong's last: Psalms 141:5
Open full H1986 profile →kâthath · kaw-thath'
to bruise or violently strike
Strong's KJV usage: beat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp. l
Strong's first: Zechariah 11:6Strong's last: Zechariah 11:6
Open full H3807 profile →nâphal · naw-fal'
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.
Strong's first: Exodus 21:27Strong's last: Exodus 21:27
Open full H5307 profile →çâphaq · saw-fak'
to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit
Strong's KJV usage: clap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 21:12Strong's last: Ezekiel 21:12
Open full H5606 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
8 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
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SMITE, verb transitive preterit tense smote; participle passive smitten, smil. [This verb is the Latin mitto.]
1. To strike; to throw, drive or force against, as the fist or hand, a stone or a weapon; to reach with a blow or a weapon; as, to smite one with the fist; to smite with a rod or with a stone. Whoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matthew 5:39.
2. To kill; to destroy the life of by beating or by weapons of any kind; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other engine. David smote Goliath with a sling and a stone. The Philistines were often smitten with great slaughter. [This word, like slay, usually or always signification, that of beating, striking, the primitive mode of killing. We never apply it to the destruction of life by poison, by accident or by legal execution.]
3. To blast; to destroy life; as by a stroke or by something sent. The flax and the barley were smitten. Exodus 9:15.
4. To afflict; to chasten; to punish. Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.
5. To strike or affect with passion. See what the charms that smite the simple heart. Smit with the love of sister arts we came.
TO smite WITH THE TONGUE, to reproach or upbraid. Jeremiah 18:18.
SMITE, verb intransitive To strike; to collide. The heart melteth and the kness smite together. Nahum 2.
SMITE, noun A blow.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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