Words the Bible translates as beat
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 16 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- nakhahנָכָהto deliver a blow: to strike someone or something, whether a single hit, a fatal stroke, a battlefield rout, or an affliction sent from God
- pa'amפַּעַםa time: a single instance of something happening, counted out and often added up
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- a foot, or the step a foot makes: the tread of a person walking, often used of the path one's life takes
- a pedestal-foot: one of the cast metal corner-feet that the ark and other holy furniture rested on
- epiballōἐπιβάλλω(without an object) to come upon or fall to: of waves, to beat over something; of a share, to fall to someone as their due
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- to throw or lay something onto something; to lay hands on a person, that is, to seize or arrest
- tuptōτύπτωto strike or beat: to hit someone with a blow, often blow after blow
- prospiptōπροσπίπτωto beat against something: of wind and water striking a building
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- to fall down at someone's feet: to go to the ground in front of a person, out of fear, gratitude, or urgent need
- katatכָּתַתto beat or crush to pieces: to pound, hammer, or shatter something with repeated blows.
- derōδέρωto beat up: to strike a person hard, thrashing or flogging them with repeated blows
- raqaרָקַעto pound something flat, and so to stretch it out into a wide, thin surface.
- halamהָלַםto strike a hard, driving blow: to hammer, pound, or batter something down
- kolaphizōκολαφίζωto beatnot studied yet
- ḥavatחָבַטto beat with a hand-held stick so that what is wanted falls loose: olives off a tree, grain or seed out of the stalk
- shaḥaqשָׁחַקto beatnot studied yet
- daphaqדָּפַקto beatnot studied yet
- rashashרָשַׁשׁto beatnot studied yet
- taphaphתָּפַףto beatnot studied yet
- dukhדּוּךְto beatnot studied yet
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