Words the Bible translates as blow
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- plēgēπληγήa blow or beating, and the wound it leaves on the body
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- a plague: a crushing blow of calamity sent as divine judgment
- taqaתָּקַעto drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
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- to blow a trumpet or ram's horn by giving it a sharp burst of breath
- to strike or clap the hand, either as a binding pledge of surety or as applause
- to pitch a tent by driving its stakes into the ground
- maggephahמַגֵּפָהa deadly blow: a striking that brings sudden mass death, whether by disease or by the sword
- pu'aḥפּוּחַto blow or breathe: to send air moving, whether a breeze wafting coolness and scent, the stoking of a fire, or a scornful snort
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- a witness: one who gives testimony in a dispute, whether a truthful witness or a lying one
- naphaḥנָפַחto blow: to force air out through the mouth, or through a bellows, on purpose and with effect
- pneōπνέωto blow: what wind does as it moves across land or sea
- ḥatsarחָצַרto blownot studied yet
- nashavנָשַׁבto blownot studied yet
- mahalummahמַהֲלֻמֿוֹתblownot studied yet
- nashaphנָשַׁףto blownot studied yet
- meḥiמְחִיblownot studied yet
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