Words the Bible translates as defeat

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 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
maggephahמַגֵּפָהa deadly blow: a striking that brings sudden mass death, whether by disease or by the sword

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